This archive report was first published on 19 August 2019.
Published on August 19, 2019, authorities have warned that East Africa Sub-Sahara Safe Promotion Foundation-International (SSASPF) is not registered to operate as an NGO in the country.
The shadowy outfit has no local address or contacts on its letterhead, and an entity awash in money it claims to be readily willing to doll out to groups has no significant online presence.
NGO Coordination Board chief executive Franklin Mutuma Nkanata said the organisation is not registered with the board.
“We have checked and found that it does not feature in our records, so it is not registered to operate as an NGO. It may be operating out there as a different entity,” Mr Mutuma said.
This is the same verdict the board returned in 2015 when the organisation called out young, jobless Kenyans in their thousands to a meeting at Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani, with a promise of well-paying jobs.
Despite the warning, the organisation continues with its frenzied recruitment of women groups, with the same lofty promises.
From Nyanza, to Coast and Rift Valley, groups have been jostling to enlist, lured by the prospect of getting easy money for their income generating activities.
However, no group confesses to have received the much-awaited funding so far, and officials of the group who convened the awareness and recruitment meetings on short notice and received the registration fees are not around to answer the questions.
