Daisy Ogembo-Adongo
@daisyogembo.bsky.social
Friend of God | Assistant Prof in Law UoBirmingham | Tax Researcher | Previously British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow Oxford Law | DPhil Oxford Law | Harvey Fellow | Mom of two boys and one wee girl.
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This is the guy who gave Boris Johnson £1 million and then won a big MoD contract....
Reform gets largest ever political donation by an individual in UK history from a crypto baron living in Thailand
This is not normal
www.ft.com/content/db73...
This is not normal
www.ft.com/content/db73...
Reform UK gets £9mn donation from Christopher Harborne
Nigel Farage’s party attracts far more funding than both Labour and the Conservatives
www.ft.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:30 AM
This is the guy who gave Boris Johnson £1 million and then won a big MoD contract....
Absolutely shocking!
I called my recipe book Sabzi – vegetables. But the name was trademarked. And my legal ordeal began
I called my recipe book Sabzi – vegetables. But the name was trademarked. And my legal ordeal began
The granting of patents and trademarks to foods and words from the global south is part of a long colonial grab. It’s time to realise we share what we cook, and what we call it
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Absolutely shocking!
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✨ @daisyogembo.bsky.social, Philip Mader and Fabrizio Santoro from @ids.ac.uk on Digital Public Infrastructure and Tax: high stakes and high rewards.
👉 buff.ly/p708dH8
👉 buff.ly/p708dH8
November 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
✨ @daisyogembo.bsky.social, Philip Mader and Fabrizio Santoro from @ids.ac.uk on Digital Public Infrastructure and Tax: high stakes and high rewards.
👉 buff.ly/p708dH8
👉 buff.ly/p708dH8
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Life’s getting a bit more crap here if you are a person from an ethnic minority 🧵
August 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Life’s getting a bit more crap here if you are a person from an ethnic minority 🧵
I find this so frustrating!
One thing you learn when you write a lot is that even if you anticipate a point lots of people will make in response to your argument, and even if you explicitly and repeatedly caveat your piece accordingly, people will still make that response.
October 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I find this so frustrating!
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One thing you learn when you write a lot is that even if you anticipate a point lots of people will make in response to your argument, and even if you explicitly and repeatedly caveat your piece accordingly, people will still make that response.
October 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
One thing you learn when you write a lot is that even if you anticipate a point lots of people will make in response to your argument, and even if you explicitly and repeatedly caveat your piece accordingly, people will still make that response.
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Reminds me of this…
October 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Reminds me of this…
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Raila Odinga, a former prime minister of Kenya and perennial presidential candidate whose populist campaigns challenged one-party rule, rattled authorities and gave him outsized influence on political life in the East African country, died Wednesday. https://to.pbs.org/4opOhcQ
Former Kenyan premier Raila Odinga, a key figure in African democracy efforts, dies at 80
Odinga ran for Kenya's presidency five times over three decades. His populist campaigns challenged one-party rule, rattled authorities and gave him outsized influence on political life in the East Afr...
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October 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Raila Odinga, a former prime minister of Kenya and perennial presidential candidate whose populist campaigns challenged one-party rule, rattled authorities and gave him outsized influence on political life in the East African country, died Wednesday. https://to.pbs.org/4opOhcQ
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Kenya has lost a towering figure in Raila Odinga. Definitely not a perfect person, but a pioneer of opposition politics and on balance a shepherd of Kenyan democracy. A huge void is left, but also a huge opportunity to take the next steps in democratic development. RIP
October 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Kenya has lost a towering figure in Raila Odinga. Definitely not a perfect person, but a pioneer of opposition politics and on balance a shepherd of Kenyan democracy. A huge void is left, but also a huge opportunity to take the next steps in democratic development. RIP
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RM @meeks.house.gov: Raila Odinga was a renowned champion of freedom and justice who left an indelible mark on Kenya’s democracy. We mourn his passing and honor his lifelong commitment to public service and to inspiring a next generation of leaders working toward a fairer, more just society.
Raila Odinga, Champion of Kenyan Democracy and Former Prime Minister, Dies at 80
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
RM @meeks.house.gov: Raila Odinga was a renowned champion of freedom and justice who left an indelible mark on Kenya’s democracy. We mourn his passing and honor his lifelong commitment to public service and to inspiring a next generation of leaders working toward a fairer, more just society.
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🌍 We’re in Cape Town until the 18th for the 10th ATRN Congress on Contemporary Taxation Issues in Africa!
Our team will be speaking on panels, hosting a masterclass, and engaging with tax practitioners & researchers throughout the event. We also have a booth featuring our latest work - come say hi!
Our team will be speaking on panels, hosting a masterclass, and engaging with tax practitioners & researchers throughout the event. We also have a booth featuring our latest work - come say hi!
September 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
🌍 We’re in Cape Town until the 18th for the 10th ATRN Congress on Contemporary Taxation Issues in Africa!
Our team will be speaking on panels, hosting a masterclass, and engaging with tax practitioners & researchers throughout the event. We also have a booth featuring our latest work - come say hi!
Our team will be speaking on panels, hosting a masterclass, and engaging with tax practitioners & researchers throughout the event. We also have a booth featuring our latest work - come say hi!
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In yesterday's opening panel, ICTD's @daisyogembo.bsky.social said: “We need to put principles before platforms. When identity, payments, & data exchange ... are governed for inclusion & trust, the gains are not just higher revenues [but] stronger social contracts between governments & citizens.”
September 17, 2025 at 8:56 AM
In yesterday's opening panel, ICTD's @daisyogembo.bsky.social said: “We need to put principles before platforms. When identity, payments, & data exchange ... are governed for inclusion & trust, the gains are not just higher revenues [but] stronger social contracts between governments & citizens.”
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#ICYMI: We're delighted to share that we've signed an MoU with global research and advocacy network WIEGO, formalising our long-standing collaboration on research and informal sector taxation! 🎉
Read about it here 👉 ow.ly/z19W50WtR0L
#TaxExperts #InformalEconomy #TaxPolicy #TaxResearch
Read about it here 👉 ow.ly/z19W50WtR0L
#TaxExperts #InformalEconomy #TaxPolicy #TaxResearch
ICTD, WIEGO extend research partnership on informal sector taxation - ICTD
ICTD formalised its existing partnership with global research and advocacy network WIEGO on conducting research on informal sector taxation.
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July 28, 2025 at 9:09 AM
#ICYMI: We're delighted to share that we've signed an MoU with global research and advocacy network WIEGO, formalising our long-standing collaboration on research and informal sector taxation! 🎉
Read about it here 👉 ow.ly/z19W50WtR0L
#TaxExperts #InformalEconomy #TaxPolicy #TaxResearch
Read about it here 👉 ow.ly/z19W50WtR0L
#TaxExperts #InformalEconomy #TaxPolicy #TaxResearch
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One of my favourite stats about the global economy is that somewhere around half of world cross-border trade happens *within* rather than *between* firms.
(to be specific, 44% of the US-international goods trade is related-party trade, per just-released 2024 data: www.census.gov/foreign-trad...)
(to be specific, 44% of the US-international goods trade is related-party trade, per just-released 2024 data: www.census.gov/foreign-trad...)
July 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
One of my favourite stats about the global economy is that somewhere around half of world cross-border trade happens *within* rather than *between* firms.
(to be specific, 44% of the US-international goods trade is related-party trade, per just-released 2024 data: www.census.gov/foreign-trad...)
(to be specific, 44% of the US-international goods trade is related-party trade, per just-released 2024 data: www.census.gov/foreign-trad...)
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Our Executive Director @giuliamascagni.bsky.social at Casa @devex.com yesterday:
"It’s obviously very concerning to see a decline in aid but at the same time, it’s also important to remember that aid was never really going to be enough to fill the financing gap..."
Read ➡️ ow.ly/P1iy50WiVFH
#FfD4
"It’s obviously very concerning to see a decline in aid but at the same time, it’s also important to remember that aid was never really going to be enough to fill the financing gap..."
Read ➡️ ow.ly/P1iy50WiVFH
#FfD4
July 1, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Our Executive Director @giuliamascagni.bsky.social at Casa @devex.com yesterday:
"It’s obviously very concerning to see a decline in aid but at the same time, it’s also important to remember that aid was never really going to be enough to fill the financing gap..."
Read ➡️ ow.ly/P1iy50WiVFH
#FfD4
"It’s obviously very concerning to see a decline in aid but at the same time, it’s also important to remember that aid was never really going to be enough to fill the financing gap..."
Read ➡️ ow.ly/P1iy50WiVFH
#FfD4
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📝NEW POLICY BRIEF: With tax now the main source of dev't finance, countries are under pressure to raise tax revenue fast. But done poorly, these could have damaging effects. The key is to tax smarter - but how?
➡️ ow.ly/2VCf50Wg8NU
#FfD4 #Tax4Dev #TaxResearch
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#FfD4 #Tax4Dev #TaxResearch
The Tax Era of Development: Taxing Smarter for Equity, Growth, and Resilience - ICTD
Tax is not only the primary source of financing in lower-income countries, but also the lynchpin of development finance.
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June 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
📝NEW POLICY BRIEF: With tax now the main source of dev't finance, countries are under pressure to raise tax revenue fast. But done poorly, these could have damaging effects. The key is to tax smarter - but how?
➡️ ow.ly/2VCf50Wg8NU
#FfD4 #Tax4Dev #TaxResearch
➡️ ow.ly/2VCf50Wg8NU
#FfD4 #Tax4Dev #TaxResearch
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To be honest, this also very emblematic of one of the Conservatives' key problems right now - there's no thought, no actual attempt to understand what went wrong for them - just endless magic thinking based on nothing but misguided partisan-fuelled hope, chasing easy options that would fail anyway.
May 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
To be honest, this also very emblematic of one of the Conservatives' key problems right now - there's no thought, no actual attempt to understand what went wrong for them - just endless magic thinking based on nothing but misguided partisan-fuelled hope, chasing easy options that would fail anyway.
Delighted to have joined @ictdtax.bsky.social and looking forward to working with wonderful colleagues and the equally incredible partners in revenue authorities across Africa working to deliver change in tax administration!
🎉 We're delighted to welcome Dr @daisyogembo.bsky.social to the ICTD team as a new research fellow! A leading researcher in tax law, policy & administration, she will work primarily on digitisation & tax, under our DPI programme, among other themes.
Read it here: ow.ly/Mi4r50VPPHK
#Taxation
Read it here: ow.ly/Mi4r50VPPHK
#Taxation
Tax law scholar Daisy Ogembo joins ICTD as new research fellow - ICTD
Dr Daisy Ogembo, a leading researcher in tax law, policy, and administration, has joined the International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) as a Research Fellow, working primarily on digitisation...
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May 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Delighted to have joined @ictdtax.bsky.social and looking forward to working with wonderful colleagues and the equally incredible partners in revenue authorities across Africa working to deliver change in tax administration!
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Summary of the proposed welfare changes by the government today
March 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Summary of the proposed welfare changes by the government today
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Rent a chair hairdressers can undercut competition by paying no VAT amongst other tax benefits. Which is why the VAT threshold needs lowering substantially, to create a level playing field. From the FT by Laura Onita
March 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Rent a chair hairdressers can undercut competition by paying no VAT amongst other tax benefits. Which is why the VAT threshold needs lowering substantially, to create a level playing field. From the FT by Laura Onita
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The problem isn’t a lack of speed or a lack of will. It’s the lack of a coherent agenda and a superstitious attachment to self-denial ordinances (“we can’t raise taxes”). Send not to ask who is the smol bean, Wes. The smol bean is thee.
March 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The problem isn’t a lack of speed or a lack of will. It’s the lack of a coherent agenda and a superstitious attachment to self-denial ordinances (“we can’t raise taxes”). Send not to ask who is the smol bean, Wes. The smol bean is thee.
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You don’t need some sort of Trumpy animal spirit to get stuff done here. You just need a plan and a willingness to push it through even if it upsets people. Starmer and Streeting can do more things, more easily, than Trump. They just abolished NHS England overnight!
March 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM
You don’t need some sort of Trumpy animal spirit to get stuff done here. You just need a plan and a willingness to push it through even if it upsets people. Starmer and Streeting can do more things, more easily, than Trump. They just abolished NHS England overnight!
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As several people have pointed out, aside from everything else that’s wrong with this view, it’s just nuts that a Labour frontbencher should stand around gawping at how fast a US White House can move. A British govt with a towering Commons majority can do whatever it likes, however fast it likes.
March 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM
As several people have pointed out, aside from everything else that’s wrong with this view, it’s just nuts that a Labour frontbencher should stand around gawping at how fast a US White House can move. A British govt with a towering Commons majority can do whatever it likes, however fast it likes.
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IDS, in partnership with @sussex.ac.uk is no.1 in the world for Development Studies for the 9th year running!
It reflects the strength of the teaching, research and our talented students from across the globe.
Why not join them and come study with us!
Read more: www.ids.ac.uk/news/ids-and...
It reflects the strength of the teaching, research and our talented students from across the globe.
Why not join them and come study with us!
Read more: www.ids.ac.uk/news/ids-and...
March 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
IDS, in partnership with @sussex.ac.uk is no.1 in the world for Development Studies for the 9th year running!
It reflects the strength of the teaching, research and our talented students from across the globe.
Why not join them and come study with us!
Read more: www.ids.ac.uk/news/ids-and...
It reflects the strength of the teaching, research and our talented students from across the globe.
Why not join them and come study with us!
Read more: www.ids.ac.uk/news/ids-and...
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Can taxpayer education improve compliance? Evidence from Rwanda shows that training new taxpayers significantly increases filing, reduces zero-tax reporting, and boosts tax due. Effects persist over time, driven by lower compliance costs and better tax knowledge.
March 4, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Can taxpayer education improve compliance? Evidence from Rwanda shows that training new taxpayers significantly increases filing, reduces zero-tax reporting, and boosts tax due. Effects persist over time, driven by lower compliance costs and better tax knowledge.