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State should not interfere with operations of NGOs

President of the Law Society of Kenya Eric Theuri flanked by other lawyers and representatives of NGOs during press conference on August 29, 2023 where they condemned President Ruto's terms on dealing with issues that they said is intimidation to investors. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

Internal Security and National Administration PS Raymond Omollo, has directed non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to align their operations with Kenya Kwanza's agenda.

Dr Omollo's directive draws from the perception that activities of NGOs operating in the country are skewed to benefit donor countries. But while this could be true of some NGOs, it misses the fact that NGOs fall into different categories; social, religious, interest groups and political.

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