INVITATION TO LAUNCH OF ‘TALK TO YOUR REGULATOR’ INITIATIVE ON 19 MAY

On Fri, 16 May 2025, 21:47 Innocent Muteshi via KICTANet, <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Thank you for the invite,will attend.
>
> On Fri, May 16, 2025, 8:39 PM bkimari— via KICTANet <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Dear Listers,
>> Please disregard. Wrong recipient.
>> Unfortunately, the meeting is already at capacity.
>>
>> I sincerely apologise, and will share invites for future events by CHRIPS.
>>
>> Best,
>> Kimari.
>> ——————————
>> *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]>
>> *Sent:* Friday, May 16, 2025 6:52 PM
>> *To:* Valarie Waswa via KICTANet <[email protected]>;
>> [email protected] <[email protected]>
>> *Subject:* INVITATION TO LAUNCH OF ‘TALK TO YOUR REGULATOR’ INITIATIVE
>> ON 19 MAY
>>
>> Dear Partner,
>>
>> The Kenya non-profit organizations’ Working Group on the Financial
>> Action Task Force in partnership with the Public Benefit Organizations
>> Regulatory Authority (PBORA) invite you to the Launch of the “Talk To
>> Your Regulator” (T2R) Initiative.
>>
>> The launch will be a hybrid half-day meeting that will take place on
>> Monday, 19th May 2025 at Sarova Stanley Hotel, Nairobi from 8:00
>> am-2:00pm.
>>
>> The conference will bring together diverse civil society organisations,
>> oversight and regulatory bodies, and representatives of financial
>> institutions and development partners to share insights and debate
>> critical issues related to oversight and regulation of terror financing
>> risks in Kenya’s non-profit sector. Discussions will focus on fostering
>> an enabling environment for non-profit organisations by bridging the
>> knowledge gaps in the regulatory framework, mitigating their
>> misapplication and addressing adverse effects on the civic space.
>>
>> The timing of this conversation is crucial as the Public Benefits
>> Organizations Act (PBO Act) 2013 comes into operation, and as the
>> Government of Kenya works to address deficiencies in its anti-money
>> laundering and counter financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regime. Kenya
>> was grey listed in 2024 following Mutual Evaluation by the East and
>> Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG). The Financial
>> Action Task Force (FATF) regional body found that Kenya lacks a clear
>> strategy for prosecution of money laundering offenses, has not
>> adequately investigated and prosecuted terror financing, and has an
>> underdeveloped risk-based approach to anti-money laundering and
>> countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) supervision. It further
>> concluded that while Kenya has a large non-profit sector, it is largely
>> unsupervised and unregulated, hence the risk of terror financing abuse
>> remains unidentified.
>>
>> The Talk to Your Regulator (T2R) Initiative aims to foster stakeholder
>> collaboration and dialogue to develop actionable strategies for ensuring
>> risk-based approaches are taken in terror financing oversight and
>> regulation of the NPO sector. With Kenya now on the FATF’s grey list and
>> subject to increased monitoring, there is impetus to review the
>> interrelated factors that have led to an uncoordinated regulatory and
>> supervision regime in the non-profit sector. Through the T2R, the NPO
>> Working Group will work to ensure civil society voice and representation
>> in efforts to revise the NPO regulatory framework. This collaborative
>> approach will help ensure that oversight and regulation measures are
>> effective in combating financial crimes, risk-based, and do not disrupt
>> or discourage legitimate NPO activity.
>>
>> Please find attached the Launch agenda and concept note, which outlines
>> the topics to be discussed and the objectives of the event.
>>
>> Please confirm physical attendance by responding to this email or
>> register using this link if you wish to attend online
>> us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/l9_8ejKFSPiOh5e3d3sA5g
>>
>> For any enquiries about the conference or the NPO Working Group, please
>> reach out to [email protected] or [email protected]
>>
>> We look forward to your participation and collaboration.
>>
>> Best,
>> Kimari
>> Programme Manager, Centre for Human Rights and Policy Studies
>>