East African Tax and Governance Network

09/09/2026

PRESS RELEASE — 09.09.2026

STOP SCAPEGOATING AND XENOPHOBIA IN KENYA

Foreign small-scale traders in Kenya are being targeted under measures that risk sliding into xenophobia.
We stand with EAC citizens and call for lawful, non-discriminatory enforcement consistent with the Constitution, the EAC Treaty & Common Market Protocol.

⚠️ The Local Content Bill is NOT an immigration law.



Read the full statement 👇
LINK: https://drive.google.com/file/d/182c-B8_jvb6z2OyBmmyNKsjTSrgdk4_z/view

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NGO coalition slams IMF

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...positive change is likely to emerge when is improved by removing complexity... complexity is the seed that germinates into numerous forms of within the public finance management systems in place, thereby manifesting in various socio-economic, political, or geographic .

Complexity creates the conditions for civic disconnect because the processes in place break away from the social contract and its promise to . It creates governance gaps, unnecessary multiple layers of self-serving activity with minimal concern to communities. Lenn Wanyama

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military siege on Nation Media Group - publisher of Daily Monitor and NTV Uganda following the CDF Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba shutdown order. This is a press-freedom story East African civil society should be watching closely.


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Chief of Defence Forces Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba has since confirmed that he and Andrew Mwenda are in talks to have the media house reopened