Governance Questions – East African Tax and Governance Network

The public revenue problem

Strategic Actions

Explore research and advocacy about the impact of different tax policies on disaggregated groups in the society such as women, men, and vulnerable groups.

Explore ways in which citizens in the region can be mobilized to advocate for fair and progressive tax policies and practices.

Financial transparency

Strategic Actions

Campaign for regional governments commitment to full transparency on tax revenues and tax expenditures.

Campaign for the removal of harmful tax exemptions for multinational corporations and wealthy individuals in the region or provision of similar advantages for local companies to boost their productivity thereby enhancing competition

Training of African governments to negotiate fair contracts for their extractive resources

Collaborate with other entities to campaign for the EAC to explore regional coordination and harmonisation of fiscal regimes, plus information exchange to challenge harmful tax competition in East Africa.

The civic space

Strategic Actions

Collaborate with other like-minded actors in relevant tax justice and policy spaces

Engage government in improving the legal operating environment for non-profits organisations.

Revenue administration and monitoring forms of corruption

Strategic Actions

Campaign for strengthening of government accountability channels and the strict enforcement of deterrent measures

Campaign for the multilateral agreement for automatic exchange of tax information between jurisdictions and the disclosure the taxpayers’ money held in secret offshore accounts belonging to corrupt officials for the elimination of financial secrecy

Strengthen and track trade mechanisms

Advocate for strong judicial systems and law enforcement mechanisms as well as deterrent measures to curb corrupt practices