THE Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) has fulfilled its promise to Tosamaganga Boys Secondary School in Iringa Region by donating 20 computers, a printer, a photocopier, 270 T-shirts, and tax education books and publications to strengthen the use of technology and enhance students’ understanding of taxation.
The equipment was handed over by Iringa Regional TRA Manager Maigloria Saria on behalf of TRA Commissioner General Yusuf Juma Mwenda.
The donation fulfils a pledge made by the authority on October 10 this year during celebrations marking the school’s centenary.
Speaking at the handover ceremony, Ms Saria commended the school’s management, teachers, students and other stakeholders for their cooperation in establishing and developing the Tax Club, saying the equipment would improve the learning environment and broaden students’ understanding of taxation.
She also thanked Commissioner General Mwenda, an alumnus of the school, for facilitating the funds used to purchase the equipment after the Iringa Regional TRA office submitted the club’s requirements.
Ms Saria said technology was an important driver of educational and economic development, adding that the computers would enable students to acquire ICT skills, conduct research, prepare academic assignments and nurture creativity that would benefit them both now and in the future.
She further said the Tax Club should serve as a centre for tax education within the school and the wider community by educating students about taxpayers’ rights and obligations, the importance of paying taxes on time, and the contribution of government revenue to public services and national development.
She urged club members to use the knowledge they acquired to educate fellow students, parents, relatives and members of the surrounding community about the importance of voluntary tax compliance.
She noted that tax revenue helps finance essential public services, including education, healthcare, water supply and road construction.
For his part, Tosamaganga Secondary School Headteacher Laurent Manga thanked TRA for the donation, saying the Tax Club had played an important role in improving students’ understanding of taxation.
Mr Manga said tax education was essential because students would be taxpayers both now and in the future.
He added that they could also help disseminate the knowledge they acquired to their parents, relatives and the wider community.
He noted that various government services, as well as some of the resources used in schools, depended on revenue collected through taxation.
According to Mr Manga, the school’s Tax Club was established in November 2025 and officially launched on March 14, 2026, with 230 members.
He said the club had continued to promote voluntary tax compliance and explain the contribution of taxation to national economic development through meetings and various educational activities.
Mr Manga said the 20 computers, printer, photocopier, 270 T-shirts, and tax education books and publications would make educational activities and document printing easier, while helping the school extend tax education to more students and community members.
Meanwhile, TRA National Tax Clubs Coordinator Hudson Kamoga said the donation was significant beyond the monetary value of the equipment, as it was intended to build knowledge, understanding and a positive attitude towards taxation among young people.
Mr Kamoga said TRA believed that a culture of voluntary tax compliance should be cultivated early, before young people entered employment, business and investment.
He said the authority was continuing to strengthen tax clubs in schools and higher learning institutions across the country to prepare a generation that understood its responsibility to contribute to national development.
He encouraged students to ask questions, participate in discussions, write essays and use the knowledge they gained to become tax education ambassadors in their families and communities.
Mr Kamoga stressed that TRA’s objective was not to build a nation where people paid taxes out of fear of penalties, but one where citizens understood the importance of taxation and took pride in voluntarily meeting their obligations.
He added that Tosamaganga Secondary School’s Tax Club was expected to become one of the country’s model clubs in promoting accountability and improving public understanding of taxation.
For their part, members of the Tosamaganga Tax Club pledged to take good care of the donated equipment and use it for its intended purposes.
Juma Msafiri, the school’s Head Prefect (HP), also pledged to continue learning about tax laws and procedures, sharing tax knowledge with fellow students and the wider community, and promoting timely tax payments, business formalisation and the importance of requesting receipts for purchases.