The protesters were prevented from gaining access to the National Assembly complex by the security operatives. Civil society groups and Non-Governmental Organisations marched down to the National Assembly to register their discontent with the proposed passage of a bill that’ll establish a Non-governmental Organisation regulatory commission.The protest took place while the House of Representatives Committee on Civil Society was holding a public hearing on the bill on Wednesday, December 13, 2017.The protesters were prevented from gaining access to the National Assembly complex by the security operatives.NGO Regulation Bill The bill proposes to create an NGO Regulatory Commission which will be headed by an Executive Secretary appointed by the president for five years and a 17-member governing board, led by a chairman.The board will possess the powers to licence all NGOs before they can commence operations, a licence that has to be renewed every 24 months.
