PBO Regulations Now Published in the Kenya Gazette

The Public Benefit Organizations Regulatory Authority (PBORA) has the pleasure to inform all the public benefit organizations (PBOs), development partners, and all the stakeholders that the long-awaited Public Benefit Organizations (PBO) Regulations, have been published.

The Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration, Hon. Kipchumba Murkomen, published the regulations in a Special Issue of the Kenya Gazette Supplement No. 67 (Legal Notice No. 43), dated 18 March 2026.

The publication of the Regulations in the Kenya Gazette marks a crucial step towards a robust regulatory framework for the PBO sector in Kenya as the regulations will now operationalize the PBO Act, 2013 and this comes at a good time to enable the PBOs that have been registered under the repealed NGOs Coordination Act to transition to the PBO Act framework.

The Regulations were developed jointly by the Authority and the PBO sector in a participatory manner that has brought a sense of ownership and sustainability to the sector.

You can download the PBO Regulations 2026 from this website.

The PBO Regulations can also be accessed from the Ministry of Interior and National Administration's website at www.interior.go.ke.