In the recent Cabinet approval to merge and dissolve some State corporations, it was also ordered that professional bodies categorised as state corporations be declassified and denied budgets.
Among the batch of organisations to be defunded was the Child Welfare Society of Kenya (CWSK), although its charter does not define it as a professional body.
CWSK advocates for the rights of children and young people, especially those in dire and disadvantaged situations.
It is not a professional body but a state agency in existence since 1955, helping children with food, shelter, education, medication, family-tracing and psycho-social support among other dire needs.
