We don't fund terror groups, envoys say

Non-Governmental Organizations(NGOs) Co-ordination Board Executive Director Fazul Mohammed at Co-operative Bank House on Thursday, October 29th, 2015. The Annual NGO Sector report states that NGOs have injected 140 billion Kenyan shillings into the economy; out of the 140 billion, 23 billion cannot be accounted for due to misappropriation of funds. The government has threatened to deregister 957 NGOs if they do not provide evidence of how the funds were used.[PHOTO: ANGELA MAINA/ STANDARD]

Embassies and high commissions from nine Western countries have come out to fight the notion that their countries are funding local civil society groups that are involved in terror-related activities.

In a terse statement to media houses, the United States of America, The Netherlands, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Denmark, the United Kingdom and Canada have, at the same time, welcomed the decision by the Government of Kenya to suspend a notice by the NGOs Coordination Board to cancel the registration certificates of 959 Kenyan NGOs.