[kictanet] IFES Expulsion: Is Kenya hostile to Social Entrepreneurship?

Grace Mutung'u nmutungu at gmail.com
Mon Jan 2 19:32:46 EAT 2017


Has the PBO Act come into effect?
On 2 Jan 2017 2:57 a.m., "Watila Alex via kictanet" <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> in certain circumstances, the PBO Authority can
> give an organization that is registered under another law,
> Public Benefit Status (Section 7(b)). This means that the
> organization will be “recognized” by the Public Benefit
> Regulatory Authority as an organization that provides
> services for the public’s benefit or that acts in the public
> interest
>
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> On Sun, 1 Jan, 2017 at 21:46, John Kieti via kictanet
> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> Happy New Year!
>
> Let us for a moment put aside the political undertone in the Expulsion of
> IFES. Let us consider only the technicalities involved.
>
> Apparently it is wrong that IFES is registered as a limited company, for
> it to appear to undertake public benefit kind of activities. Social
> enterprises by definition aim to achieve a social mission while applying
> commercial practices. Many tech entrepreneurs are attracted to this model
> especially where there are deep rooted social problems of concern to them.
>
> Still focussing on the technicalities rather than the electoral year
> context, does it make sense to force a commercial business to become an NGO
> once they are seen to undertake activities yielding public benefit?
>
> Best...
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