NAIROBI—The Government has frozen the bank account of an NGO associated with NASA presidential candidate Raila Odinga’s daughter, Rosemary Odinga.
The accounts of Key Empowerment Foundation Kenya were frozen after the NGO received Sh530 million from the United States-based George Soros Foundation, named after its billionaire founder.
The NGO coordination board accused the organisation of non-compliance with the law in receiving the money from George Soros Foundation.
“The funding is aimed towards achieving a political agenda which does not fall under the legal definition of charitable objectives as is provided for under the (NGO Co-ordination) Act,” said NGO Co-ordination Board Executive Director Fazul Mahamed. Central Bank
In a letter to Central Bank of Kenya Governor Patrick Njoroge yesterday, he demanded that CBK freezes the accounts for failing to comply with the law.
The letter said the aid agency that has funded the foundation is associated with subterfuge political activities globally and nefarious regime-change tactics.
Fazul warned Njoroge that the funding is aided towards achieving a political agenda, which does not fall under the legal definition of charitable objectives.
The directors of the foundation are Rosemary (trustee and patron), Jaqueline Moraa (chairperson) and Meshack Odede (secretary). Sandra Adhiambo and Salome Owuonda are listed as board members.
Fazul said they interviewed Moraa, who confirmed that Rosemary runs all the affairs and financial transactions of the foundation, adding that there could be suspicious operations going on. He urged the financial reporting centre to start investigating the account.