We roundup the interviews, mentions, and citations in the media of ICTD researchers and their work on news relating to the recent protests against the Finance Bill 2024 in Kenya and beyond:
- CBC News’ video explainer ‘Kenyans fought a deadly fight against their government. Here’s how they won I About That‘ features our Research Fellow Wilson Prichard.
- An earlier article on The Africa Report, ‘Kenya: Could Ruto’s hated taxes spur cleaner government?‘, citing ICTD research conducted by Prichard, has made the rounds online recently in light of events in the last few weeks.
- ICTD authors Mario Schmidt and Eric Magale pen an op-ed for The Conversation Africa on the recent protests, linking it to their forthcoming working paper on reactions towards new digital taxation laws in Kenya and the need to renew the social contract, which is part of our DIGITAX Research Programme.
- ICTD Executive Director, Giulia Mascagni, is quoted in this article published by Liam Taylor in The Economist: The lessons of Africa’s tax revolts (economist.com)
