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– How the Tax Disclosure Project holds politicians to account (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News June 28, 2017

Pakistani investigative journalist Umar Cheema and Nick Mathiason, director of Finance Uncovered, are the brains behind the Tax Disclosure Project, an innovative and unique global initiative that holds politicians to account by asking them to publicly disclose their taxes.
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