With the High court dismissing an application seeking interim orders to halt the switching off of unregistered Sim cards, Uganda Communications Commission had vowed to switch of all non-validated phone lines by midnight tonight, only for Parliament to block the move.
Parliament yesterday passed a resolution to extend the deadline earlier given by UCC to switch off unregistered Sim cards by not more than one year.
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