President Kikwete of Tanzania was among the 4 African presidents at the afternoon meeting, supported by the ministers for energy and lands, who entered concrete partnerships to promote greater transparency. Twaweza’s Head Rakesh Rajani, who also serves as the co-chair of the Open Government Partnership, participated in both of these events to try to promote a fairer deal for the developing world and to advocate for the power of open. See press release and photo. Subsequently, Rajani and John Githongo (CEO, Inuka Kenya Trust) have written an open letter to David Cameron in the final hours before a deal is reached and a communiqué issued. The letter called for the following key measures to ensure that the developing world can also benefit from the transparency bonanza. 1. Publicly available registers of companies to cut down on the corrupt abuse of secret companies. 2. Automatic exchange of tax information to crack down on evasion and avoidance by multinational companies.
The Citizen, gazeti la kila siku la Tanzania linaandika kuwa Tanzania inapaswa kujifunza kutokana na machafuko yanayotokea nchini Uingereza na kuchukua hatua kurekebisha hali ya kutokuwapo fursa sawa kijamii inayoweza kusababisha uvunjifu wa amani . Linamnukuu kiongozi wa Twaweza, Rakesh Rajani, na raia wengine maarufu na wanasiasa, wakielezea kuwa ghasia zinaweza kutokea mahali popote, iwapo viongozi hawatatunga na kutekeleleza sera ambazo zinaboresha maisha ya raia, ubora wa elimu na huduma zingine, kuongeza fursa za raia kupata kipato na kupunguza pengo kati ya matajiri na maskini.