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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 |
