100 Rupees

The Government of the East Africa Protectorate's rupee-denominated notes were a direct consequence of the currency already circulating through the Indian Ocean trade network — the Indian rupee had long been the de facto medium of exchange along the coast, and when British administration formalized its presence, it issued notes denominated to match that reality rather than impose sterling. Thomas De La Rue handled the printing from London, a standard arrangement for British colonial issues of the period.

The Protectorate itself was abolished in 1920, when the territory became Kenya Colony. The rupee series was subsequently replaced by the florin and then the shilling, rendering these early issues obsolete within two decades of first appearance.