Tracking and Tracing Tobacco Products in Kenya
| dc.creator | Ross, Hana | |
| dc.date | 2016-02-04T11:29:15Z | |
| dc.date | 2016-02-04T11:29:15Z | |
| dc.date | 2016-02 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-06-06T10:56:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-06-06T10:56:17Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-06-06 | |
| dc.description | Although estimates of the size of the illicit cigarette market in Kenya vary, the government sees it as a problem and has been trying to address the issue since the early 2000's. Between 2003 and 2013 the Kenyan government experimented with numerous measures designed to reduce tobacco tax evasion with varying degrees of success. In the end, it decided to implement a tracking and tracing system for cigarettes (and alcohol products) and joined a small but growing number of countries addressing illicit tobacco trade via a technological solution. The introduction of the new system required a systematic approach, participation of all stakeholders, and an initial investment into infrastructure and enforcement. Preliminary results indicate that the new system, accompanied by an electronic cargo monitoring system, has reduced the size of the illicit cigarette market and substantially increased tax revenue for the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). The experience of Kenya highlights the importance of political will, consistency, and comprehensiveness of the system addressing tax evasion, because piecemeal measures have only short-term effects. | |
| dc.identifier | Ross, H. (2016). Tracking and Tracing Tobacco Products in Kenya. A Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit Working Paper Number 164. Cape Town: SALDRU, University of Cape Town. | |
| dc.identifier | 978-1-928281-25-2 | |
| dc.identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/11090/812 | |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Working Paper DA - 2017-06-06 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Tobacco industry KW - tobacco tracking KW - tobacco tracing LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2017 T1 - Tracking and Tracing Tobacco Products in Kenya TI - Tracking and Tracing Tobacco Products in Kenya UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11090/812 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11090/812 | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher.department | SALDRU | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Commerce | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.relation | Saldru Working Paper;164 | |
| dc.subject | Tobacco industry | |
| dc.subject | tobacco tracking | |
| dc.subject | tobacco tracing | |
| dc.title | Tracking and Tracing Tobacco Products in Kenya | |
| dc.type | Working Paper | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Working Paper | en_ZA |