The National Federation of PBOs is a self-regulatory, nonpartisan organization, which is a successor to the National Council of NGOs. The National Federation of PBOs came into being after the signing into law of the FBO Act of 2013 by President William Ruto.

THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ORGANIZATIONS ACT, 2013 AN ACT of Parliament to provide for the establishment and operation of public benefit organizations; to provide for their registration; to establish an administrative and regulatory framework within which public benefit organizations can conduct their affairs and for connected purposes

The PBO Act replaced the NON-Government Organizations Co-ordination Act 1990. It introduced a comprehensive legal framework for the regulation of Pubic Benefits Organizations (PBOs) in Kenya.

The PBO Act has provided for transition into the new body that will replace the National Council of NGOs established by the now repealed NGO Co-ordination Act.

The mandates of the PBO Act are as follows-:

• provide leadership on matters of interest to the sector and for the promotion of the sector generally;
• promote self-regulation by the forums for self-regulation of public benefit organizations;
• co-ordinate the self-regulation forums registered under the PBO Act;
• monitor the performance of the self-regulation forums and advise the regulatory body, the Public Benefits Regulatory Authority, in the monitoring and enforcement of compliance by these forums and their respective public benefit organizations members with the provisions of this Act, the regulations and the general code of conduct and the codes of conduct adopted by the self-regulation forums;
• advise the Authority generally on the development of the public benefit organizations sector;
• facilitate the building of the capacity of non-governmental organizations for the enhancement of the effectiveness of these organizations;
• render such advice to donors and the Authority on any issue relating to the sector.