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Red Cross urges State to soften stance on NGOs' funding

Kenya Red Cross has asked the Jubilee government to consider efforts made by Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) to improve lives in communities before cracking the whip on them.

Red Cross Secretary General Abbas Gullet said President Uhuru Kenyatta's administration should investigate organisations that are not benefiting locals before pushing for the 15 per cent foreign funding threshold.

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