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Uganda: Whatsapp With Taxing Facebook but Not Boda Bodas?
Monitor, 5 April 2018
We learnt recently that President Museveni has been haranguing the Ministry of Finance and Uganda Revenue Authority to collect more tax. Apart from closing loopholes in rental… Read more »
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Uganda: Social Media Taxation Aimed At Promoting Local Content - Tumwebaze
Observer, 4 April 2018
President Yoweri Museveni's proposed taxation of use of social is purposely to curtail consumption of foreign content and use of foreign mobile applications according to minister… Read more »
WhatsApp with Museveni's Social Media Tax Plan?
In a letter to Finance Minister Matia Kasaija, President Yoweri Museveni suggested that users of social media platforms should be taxed "a small fee of 100 shillings per day" - an idea that was met with ridicule in Uganda. Now, the Minister of Information Communication and National Guidance, Frank Tumwebaze, says the aim is to curtail the consumption of foreign content and use of foreign mobile applications.
