By Agwanda Saye

The Board’s newly appointed Executive Director Dr. Hezron McObewa says the move is aimed at enabling various non state actors in there respective regions to access full range of services including registration, filing of annual returns, work permits etc.

Speaking in Kisumu while inspecting the refurbishment of the Western Kenya regional office that will serve over 2000 NGOs in Nyanza, Western and South Rift, McObewa said those are some of the changes that he intends to bring at the board.

He said NGOs contribute about Khs 150 billion annually to the country and such changes will enable the public to understand how the sector operates and also keep it on checks and balances.

He says they also plan to put up such full fledged offices in other regions like coast, rift valley and central provinces before the year ends.

He said such regional offices will also give a platform to the public and even donors to scrutinize activities of NGO s operating in such areas and also enable compliant NGOs to be linked with various donors to partner in implementing projects.

The Boards’ Legal Affairs Manager Mr. Lindon Otieno who also accompanied the Executive Director said the board had also embarked on a process to reduce the backlog of numerous court cases that several NGO’s are embroiled in through out of court settlements.