Youth For Tax Justice Network

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The YTJN is a non-profit pan-African youth organization that strives to have youth participation and engagement in influencing the Financing for development agenda In Africa.

Proposal: Doubling stamp duty on land transfers from 1.5% to 3% of total value.Current law keeps it at 1.5%, but this am...
20/05/2026

Proposal: Doubling stamp duty on land transfers from 1.5% to 3% of total value.
Current law keeps it at 1.5%, but this amendment will likely make formalizing land rights even pricier—costs already top UGX 1.5M.

Poll: Should it double from 1.5% to 3%?

Proposal: Doubling stamp duty on land transfers from 1.5% to 3% of total value.Current law keeps it at 1.5%, but this am...
20/05/2026

Proposal: Doubling stamp duty on land transfers from 1.5% to 3% of total value.
Current law keeps it at 1.5%, but this amendment will likely make formalizing land rights even pricier—costs already top UGX 1.5M.

Over 80% land is held under customary tenure; 60% of Kampala’s populations lives in unplanned areas. President Museveni called denying PDM funds to landless youth "misguided"—yet this pushes ownership further away. Entrepreneurs will likely lose collateral for loans; families won't be able to afford first homes. This undermines NDP IV's full monetisation goal.

Poll: Should it double from 1.5% to 3%?
• Yes, raises revenue
• No, too expensive for youth
• Only with first-time exemptions
• Not sure

The Stamp Duty Amendment Bill 2026 proposes a brand-new UGX 50,000 stamp duty on motorcycle registration. It did not exi...
05/05/2026

The Stamp Duty Amendment Bill 2026 proposes a brand-new UGX 50,000 stamp duty on motorcycle registration. It did not exist before. Now it will.

It sounds small. But for a young person trying to register their first boda legally, every extra shilling counts.
Are these bills being made with you in mind? Or are they being made without you in the room?

What are your thoughts on this proposal? Your voice matters in this conversation.

Young workers show up every day. Some thrive. Many do not.This is not because they lack ambition, but because the system...
01/05/2026

Young workers show up every day. Some thrive. Many do not.

This is not because they lack ambition, but because the systems around them are failing. Healthy work environments do not exist without , that train workers well. systems that support them when they break down and that catches them when they fall.

All of that is funded by public resources. Your taxes.

When are mismanaged, when systems are unfair, and when do not reach the people who need them most, young workers pay the price; in burnout, underpayment, and unsafe conditions.

This International Labour Day, we continue to demand for a that works in the favour of African Youth. Because a thriving young worker needs more than a good employer. They need a government that accounts for every coin collected in their name.

Our well-being is not negotiable.

Happy .

📍Reflections from New York, YTJN Team Lead, Allan Murangira Muhereza, moderated a session on Partnerships and for , ...
30/04/2026

📍Reflections from New York,

YTJN Team Lead, Allan Murangira Muhereza, moderated a session on Partnerships and for , and the sitting agreed that the $4 trillion annual SDG financing gap is not an accident, but rather the result of deliberate choices about what gets funded, who sits on financing boards, and whose voices shape policy. Young people, particularly those in the Global South, continue to be excluded from the very decisions that determine their futures.

🗣️| We are doing it on a zero . Now imagine what we could do with real and a seat at the table. - Nifasha Adelaide, co-founder of Zimbabwe's Refugee Coalition for Climate Action.

This is the work. Fair , public budgets, an end to illicit financial flows ( ), and genuine youth participation in fiscal decisions are not side issues. They are the foundation.

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What if the next wave of in Uganda came from a sewing machine rather than a bale of Mivumba?The proposed 30% levy on...
28/04/2026

What if the next wave of in Uganda came from a sewing machine rather than a bale of Mivumba?

The proposed 30% levy on second-hand clothing is designed to grow local textile manufacturing.

That could mean:
✅Jobs in garment production and design
✅Ugandan brands with room to grow
✅ and staying inside the country

Rwanda did it. Ethiopia did it. has the talent. Is local textile manufacturing Uganda's next big opportunity?

Proposal: Doubling stamp duty on land transfers from 1.5% to 3% of the total value.Current law keeps it at 1.5%, but thi...
27/04/2026

Proposal: Doubling stamp duty on land transfers from 1.5% to 3% of the total value.

Current law keeps it at 1.5%, but this amendment will likely make formalizing land rights even higher—costs already top UGX 1.5M.

Over 80% land is held under customary tenure; 60% of Kampala’s population lives in unplanned areas. President Museveni called denying PDM funds to landless youth "misguided"—yet this pushes ownership further away. Entrepreneurs will likely lose collateral for loans; families won't be able to afford first homes. This undermines NDP IV's full monetisation goal.

What's your say: Should it double from 1.5% to 3%?
✅Yes, raises revenue
❎No, too expensive for youth
🫤Only with first-time exemptions
😖Not sure

Who is supposed to hold the flame? And what is fueling it?These are the two most important questions YTJN Programs Manag...
24/04/2026

Who is supposed to hold the flame? And what is fueling it?

These are the two most important questions YTJN Programs Manager Jon Kafuko left with us after his presentation yesterday.

A flame with no fuel dies. Right now, young people and civil society are holding it almost alone. The institutions that should be fueling it are allowing billions to drain through illicit financial flows and tax abuse. Billions that should be paying teachers and funding schools. That is the real education crisis.

This is why YTJN showed up in Nairobi last November. We pushed for binding language in the UN Tax Convention on taxing rights and illicit financial flows. We briefed national delegations. We brought closed-room negotiations to the public.
In January 2026, in coalition with the Global Alliance for Tax Justice, "States Parties agree to" became "States Parties shall." One word. The difference between a recommendation and an obligation.

The negotiations are not over. The flame is not yet secure.
Are you holding it? Are you fueling it?
Post. Push. Ask hard questions. Tag your government. Connect tax justice to the classroom.

You do not need a delegate badge to influence . - Jon KafukoLast November in Nairobi, YTJN showed what youth-led digita...
23/04/2026

You do not need a delegate badge to influence . - Jon Kafuko

Last November in Nairobi, YTJN showed what youth-led digital advocacy looks like in practice. We published daily negotiation round-ups from the 3rd Intergovernmental Sessions for the UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation (UNFCITC). We hosted a Delegates' Commentary Segment. We ran a podcast with the East Africa Tax Governance Network. We took one of the most complex global policy processes and made it accessible, visible, and loud.

That is the power of social media in the hands of young people who care.

Here is the connection most people miss. The UN Tax Convention is not an abstract legal document, but a framework that will determine whether African governments collect enough revenue to pay teachers, build schools, and fund quality public education. When illicit financial flows go unchecked, classrooms go under-resourced. When taxing rights are unfairly allocated, education budgets shrink.

The tough conversations happening in negotiation rooms directly affect what happens in classrooms. And social media is how you bring those conversations out of closed rooms and into the public.

You do not need permission to push for binding commitments on illicit financial flows. You do not need a seat at the table to demand fair allocation of taxing rights. You need a phone, a voice, and the willingness to speak.

Post. Share. Ask hard questions. Tag your government. Connect the dots between tax justice and the teacher shortage. Between illicit financial flows ( ) and the school that has no books.

That is power. And it is yours to use freely.

for Education .

Last November, the global negotiations came to Africa for the first time. Nairobi, Kenya.YTJN was in the room. We subm...
23/04/2026

Last November, the global negotiations came to Africa for the first time. Nairobi, Kenya.

YTJN was in the room. We submitted formal policy proposals. We briefed national delegations, pushing for binding language in the , especially on taxing rights and illicit financial flows ( ).

It worked. In January 2026, in coalition with the Global Alliance for Tax Justice, key articles shifted from "States Parties agree to" to "States Parties shall." One word. The difference between a recommendation and an obligation.

drain billions from African governments every year. That money belongs in classrooms, in teachers' salaries, and in facilities.

We ought to for Education.

23/04/2026

Follow this Webinar on the powerful Call-To-Action: Hold The Flame High For Education.

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