The State has been asked to regulate NGOs in Kisumu County under the Public Benefit Organisations (PBO) taskforce.
Speaking during the public participation forum at Tom Mboya Labour College, Inter Party Youth Forum (IPY) chairman Wadegu Gilo said that more powers need to be given to the State to regulate NGOs.
"If the county spends one per cent on development according to the World Bank report, what about the NGO which is not being monitored," he asked.
He added, "In Kisumu there are many rogue NGOs soliciting and getting a lot of money in the guise of assisting the youth and children."
Wadegu said, "What we are seeing is the youth continue being poor and the number of street children continue increasing rapidly at the expense of the NGOs benefitting from foreign funds."
He said that the PBO Act should monitor NGOs and take action against organisations that misuse foreign funds.
"With the 15 per cent we are not seeing any improvements and there is underutilising of resources. Most of the officers in NGOs are behaving like colonialist, moving around in big vehicles and sleeping in big hotels. The ones purporting to be helping are leaving deplorable situations," said Wadegu.
The PBO Act 2013 is to advance a new legal, regulatory and institutional framework for Public Benefit Organisations (PBOs) in Kenya.