It is Government’s position that there is no need to keep
on the books organisations that are not carrying out any activities in line
with the terms of their registration.
In an interview, Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare
Minister Professor Paul Mavima said the Government had since published the
names of the organisations in question.
“Yes, it’s true that we are working on deregistering over
450 NGOs. Most of these NGOs have been dormant and not submitting their
returns. The advert has already been put in the paper. There is a schedule of
what will happen next,” said Prof Mavima.
He said the named NGOs will be given an opportunity to
present their cases before any action is taken.
“We are a pro-development Government which means those that
have been cited as having been dormant and not submitting their returns will
get a chance to respond before the final deregistration process,” he said.
Prof Mavima said there was no need to keep dormant NGOs
when they are not doing anything in line with their mandates.He said before
they are registered, NGOs are made to provide information to the Government on
their scope of activities which they must abide by. “If they are not doing
anything, why do we continue to register them when they are dormant?
“They are not doing anything. When they registered, they
stated the things they were going to take care of but they are not doing
anything with regards to those mandates. It is necessary that they get
de-registered and that is what is going to happen,” said Prof Mavima. Herald
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