Nicholas Lekule

Policy analyst, program and community development.

[Nicholas Lekule @LekuleNicholas]

Public Expenditure Tracking System (PETS) should go hand in hand with Political Promises Tracking (PPT) to enhance accountability of both public resources and public officials.... towards #TanzaniaDevelopmentVision2050#

[Nicholas Lekule @LekuleNicholas]

@yose_hoza Zaburi 46:1

[Nicholas Lekule @LekuleNicholas]

@TaxJusticeNet @TaxJusticeAfric @FundacionSES Looking forward to this interesting discussion

[Tax Justice Network Bsky: @taxjustice.net @TaxJusticeNet]

Don't miss this high level panel of speakers at next weeks webinar: Who owns what, where & how? Beneficial ownership transparency in Africa & Latin America - the current state of play. @TaxJusticeAfric @FundacionSES

📆 13 March 2023
⏰ 13:00-14:00 GMT
👉 https://t.co/XbcmdX4aTB

[EATGN @EATGN]

Members of the @EATGN Steering Committee in Lusaka, Zambia for the recently concluded 10th Pan African Conference on Illicit Financial flows and taxation.

[EATGN @EATGN]

“When you tell them to broaden the tax base, they only understand registering more taxpayers, when you tell them to deepen the tax base, they understand charging more tax to the existing taxpayers,"- Deo Kayemba

Via The East African

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[Rangarirai Chikova @RangaChikova]

Africa needs to rethink tax incentives as they have not been beneficial. They should be negotiated through laws and not in treaties and should not be at the discretion of an individual @LylaALatif @LawyersofAfrica @StopIFF @morelearny @AFRODAD2011 @TaxJusticeAfric @FinTrCo

[Tax Justice Network Africa @TaxJusticeAfric]

Africa is on the verge of establishing one of the biggest single markets in the world.
- Frank Kalinzije
#PAC2022

[ROBERT SSUUNA @RSsuuna]

We need to re-orient investment of our pension funds from constructing malls to more long-term infrastructure and social amenities says @TitusGwemende of the @OpenSociety . @alvinmosioma @TaxJusticeAfric @ATAFtax #PACIFFS2022

[ROBERT SSUUNA @RSsuuna]

Building strong south to south consensus to mitigate multiple crises must be complemented by deeper intellectual collaboration across the global south says @TitusGwemende of @OpenSociety . @alvinmosioma @TaxJusticeAfric @ATAFtax #PACIFFS2022

[AFRODAD @AFRODAD2011]

When talking about sources of government revenue, the starting point is often tax. Still, debt financing should be an important part of the conversations on domestic resource mobilisation. - @mukasiri
#PACIFF2022 #AfricaRuleMaker

[Diana Mochoge @DianaMochoge]

Tax incentives granting should be based on rules rather than discretion. Lyla Latif. @TaxJusticeAfric @AFRODAD2011 #PACIFF2022

[Acepis @_acepis]

1/3: Tax incentives are a fiscal crisis for African states. They drain revenue & force African governments to increase the burden of taxes on citizens, despite the fact that African states' fiscal space is already constrained by intertemporal debt control.#PACIFF2022
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[Rangarirai Chikova @RangaChikova]

DRC has lost USD355 mil through tax incentives at the same time it borrowed USD363 mil from the IMF. The same for Equatorial Guinea, it lost USD34 mil & borrowed USD40 mil. Given this, scenario do we really need tax incentives? @LawyersofAfrica @AFRODAD2011 @StopIFF #PACIFF2022

[Tax Justice Network Africa @TaxJusticeAfric]

#TaxJustice, curbing #IFFs is a political fight! Depoliticizing it makes it technical and hinders the fight for Justice. - @IOvonjiOdida
#PACIFF2022

[Tax Justice Network Africa @TaxJusticeAfric]

The refinement of the methodology used in the High Level Panel (HLP) report augments the figure lost through IFFs in the commercial sector from $50 billion to $84 billion
#PACIFF2022

[Nicholas Lekule @LekuleNicholas]

There is a need for policy reforms to reverse the enablers of Illicit Financial Flows @alvinmosioma @AFRODAD2011 @EATGN @CyrusNkusi1 #PACIFF2022

[Nicholas Lekule @LekuleNicholas]

Members of the East Africa Tax Governance Steering Committee attending the 10th Pan African Conference on Illicit Financial Flows and Taxation happening in Lusaka,Zambia @CyrusNkusi1 #PACIFF2022

[Nicholas Lekule @LekuleNicholas]

Attending the 10th Pan African Conference on Illicit Financial Flows and Taxation happening in Ludaka, Zambia. @ Taj Pamodzi, Lusaka Hotel https://t.co/jTTpAlY9j8

[Nicholas Lekule @LekuleNicholas]

Tax incentives are a fiscal crisis to African countries. There is a need for thorough review and evaluation of these incentives #PACIFF2022