KHRC Executive Director George Kegoro speaking on NTV Monday 14 August.He blamed the commission's recent ban on political witch hunt.[Photo/NTV]
The Kenya Human Rights Commision (KHRC) which was on Monday deregistered by the state through the NGO regulation board has come out to condemn the act attributing it to political witch hunt.
Speaking in an interview on NTV Monday,the commission Executive Direcor George Kegoro said that the board's move was accelerated by the commission's recent move to publicly express dissatisfaction on how the just concluded Presidential race was carried out.
He also said that it is a diversion to take Kenyans attention off the work the commission has been doing including reporting police brutality while combating rioters from opposition strongholds who are contesting the Presidential results.
''This is simply a diversion to take us off the work we have been doing with regards to explaining to Kenyans and condemning the wrongs the state is indulging in,'' said Kegoro who however maintained that the commission will move to court to have its deregistration nullified.
''The NGO regulation board has launched several similar attacks on us and we have always proven it wrong.We will be moving to court to challenge the same and we are sure that we will once again win as we have not broken any law,'' he said.
The commission has been accused of among others operating 4 illegal bank accounts at the NIC and CBA banks and fund misappropriation.
The state has therefore ordered the immigration department to deport some of its foregn employees who are allegedly working without work permits.