The following were the reactions of the Asians and white settlers to the Devonshire white paper:
- 1. The white settlers were disappointed because they were denied control over Kenyan affairs.
- 2. Lord Delemare, a white farmer opposed the resolutions of the white paper.
- 3. The white settlers insisted to rule over the Africans.
- 4. The Asians refused to elect their members to the legislative council until 1933.
- 5. The Asians were annoyed with unequal representation in the legislative council which was not granted.
- 6. The Asians opposed the preservation of Kenya's high lands for white settlers.
- 7. The Europeans continued to fight to control the government of Kenya by having the majority members on the Legislative Council.
- 8. Asians continued to voice their social and political inequality with Europeans.
- 9. Asians refused to pay separate taxes which were not those of the Europeans.