Left to right: Ms Agatha Nderitu, the technical advisor for EABC, Mr Gabriel Kitenga, the Group head of public policy for East African Breweries Ltd, and Ms Lillian Awinja, the executive director East African Business Council, during the private sector players’ meeting on harmonisation of EAC domestic taxes in Arusha, Tanzania yesterday. COURTESY PHOTO
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The East African Business Council (EABC) executive director, Ms Lillian Awinja, told a technical working group meeting in Arusha on Tuesday: “Tax harmonisation is an element that runs through all stages of EAC integration, including the EAC customs union, common market, monetary union and political federation.”