Geoffrey William Griffin

Geoffrey William Griffin OBE
Born13 June 1933
Eldoret
Died28 June 2005(2005-06-28) (aged 72)
Known forFounding director of Starehe Boys' Centre and School

Geoffrey William Griffin OBE[1] was the founding director of Starehe Boys' Centre and School in Kenya. He founded the centre in November, 1959 with the help of Geoffrey Gatama Geturo and Joseph Kamiru Gikubu.[2] He was director of the centre from its founding to his death in 2005. He was also the founding director of the National Youth Service between 1964 and 1988.[3]

In addition to their duties at Starehe Centre, Griffin and Geturo were appointed (and re-appointed) members of Kenya's Central Probation Commission.[4] The Commission was a group appointed by Daniel arap Moi, the second President of Kenya, who at the time of the 1974 Commission was acting in his capacity as Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs, a ministry responsible for all non-foreign affairs of the country.[5]

  1. ^ "Obituary - Geoffrey Griffin, OGH, MBS, OBE". www.oldcambrians.com. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  2. ^ "An Image Slideshow". Archived from the original on 26 October 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  3. ^ Ojiambo, Peter Otiato (2016), Koster, Mickie Mwanzia; Kithinji, Michael Mwenda; Rotich, Jerono P. (eds.), "Geoffrey William Griffin's Work at the National Youth Service and Its Contributions to Kenya's National Development", Kenya After 50: Reconfiguring Education, Gender, and Policy, African Histories and Modernities, New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, pp. 41–60, doi:10.1057/9781137574633_3, ISBN 978-1-137-57463-3, retrieved 23 August 2023
  4. ^ October 11 2018, Thursday (25 December 2020). "Geoffrey Griffin idea that birthed 'place of comfort'". Business Daily. Retrieved 23 August 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Kenya Gazette, Vol. LXXVI, No. 7; 8 February 1974.