Kenya government says it will close down two rights organisations


  • World
  • Tuesday, 15 Aug 2017

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The Kenyan government is trying to shut down a rights group and a pro-democracy organisation who have raised queries over last week's disputed presidential election, officials from the organisations said on Tuesday.

Official letters from the NGO Board - the government-run body that registers and regulates NGOs - to the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) and Africa Centre for Open Governance (Africog) said the two organisations risked punishment for administrative and tax reasons.

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