Uganda: New UCC SIM Card Registration Directive Illegal - Law Society

Kampala — Pressure is mounting on Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) to review its latest directives on sim card registration, barely three days before the commission switches off subscribers registered without using the National Identification cards.

The latest is from Uganda Law Society (ULS), which has termed UCC's seven-day ultimatum to subscribers, among other things, as illegal.

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