JOHN INNES

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JOHN INNES

JOHN INNES

Towards the end of the 1920s, a British Rotarian, John Innes of Leeds, who was Treasurer of RIBI, was given responsibility for developing Rotary in Africa as an Honorary Special Commissioner, . He always said that he had been inspired by meeting Paul Harris in his home town in 1928. He set off on January 30 1930 for Mombasa, followed by Nairobi, before going on to South Africa where several clubs were already in existence. A report in the ‘Rotary Wheel’ for March 1930 suggested that he was “hopeful for other clubs” at Eldoret, Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar. In fact, none of these came into being at this time. He did, however, start Nairobi and in turn this club was responsible for much of the development of East Africa.

Basil Lewis 24/August/ 08

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