IFES Expulsion: Is Kenya hostile to Social Entrepreneurship?
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...
"Kenya: High Court Suspends NGO Board Order on IFES" #newspapers #feedly https://t.co/YEmGh7d6ky https://twitter.com/anamafalda1992/status/813813125443186689 Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sun, 1 Jan, 2017 at 21:46, John Kieti via kictanet<kictanet@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..._______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/awatila%40yahoo.co.uk The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
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 Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sun, 1 Jan, 2017 at 21:46, John Kieti via kictanet<kictanet@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..._______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/awatila%40yahoo.co.uk The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
Has the PBO Act come into effect? On 2 Jan 2017 2:57 a.m., "Watila Alex via kictanet" < kictanet@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@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?
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Grace Mutung'u -
John Kieti -
Watila Alex