An Expose of violent tax protests and political risk on Trade and Investment in East Africa

This policy brief attempts to highlight the consequences of violent protests on economic prosperity, trade investments. The brief argues that freedom of expression, the right to picket and demonstrate and resist punitive taxation been established
over the years. However, when peaceful protests and demonstrations strategically drift towards violence, vandalism and murder like the ones we saw in Kenya, then these effectively transform into high level political risks to trade and investment. It concludes that when exercising such rights to protest there is need for both political and social sobriety, distinguishing between private and public property.

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