All Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in the country have one year to comply with the new regulation under the Public Benefits Organisations (PBO) Act.
The Act requires all NGOs to align their operations with the updated legal framework, which requires the private entities to fully disclose their sources of funding and internal structures and registration details.
Interior Cabinet Secretary, Kiphchumba Murkomen, in a gazette notice dated Friday, May 16, said the organisations had until May 13, 2026, to comply with the new regulation. "It is notified for the general information of the public that the Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Interior extends the transition period under Regulation 5 (1) of the Fifth Schedule to the Act for a further period of one year," Murkomen said.
Kenyans waiting in line at a local bank Daily Nation "Public Benefit Organisations (PBOs) that have not registered under the Act have until May 13 2026, from May 14, 2025, to comply," the CS added.
