16 JCAM 2021 Annual Review also engage with their leaders and representatives of government to advocate and advance for a fair taxation regime framework, practices, and policies, in line with the Ability to Pay principle. Religious leaders and representatives of the civil society organisations (CSOs) and local businesses participated in the workshops and meetings organised. These directly involved 280 participants. The use of local radio stations in the six dioceses enabled the message to further reach an estimated 1.2 million people through the airwaves. The WhatsApp application was also very useful. During the meetings participants shared their experiences and challenges about taxation. They echoed common problems of limited knowledge and information about taxation, Group session, tax justice workshop © JENA harassment and technical difficulties during tax administration, high and numerous forms of taxes, discouragement due to high levels of corruption in government, tax evasion by the rich and prominent, poor service delivery, and limited involvement of the majority citizens in decisions of revenue allocation and use. For action, the participants eagerly committed to create more tax justice awareness and mobilise more citizens to participate in the current local government programme of public participation. Several of them also took part in the radio programmes organised by JENA and JHC. Second-round visits to Eldoret and Mombasa revealed that Presenter during the tax justice workshop the participants were serious about their commitments as © JENA there were several encouraging results. Either individually or in groups, many participants engaged in more public
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