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Uganda Plans Tax On Social Media Use From July by Nanabaffour(m): 7:38am On Apr 13, 2018 |
Uganda plans to slap a new tax on social media users from July to raise revenue, which human rights activists denounced as another attempt by President Yoweri Museveni to stifle freedom of expression and quash dissent to his 32-year-rule. The move is unlikely to go down well in a country where more than 40 percent of people use the internet. Data costs in Africa are already among the world’s highest, according to digital advocacy group World Wide Web Foundation. Finance Minister Matia Kasaija told Reuters in a phone interview that the tax will charge each mobile phone subscriber using platforms such as WhatsApp, Twitter and Facebook 200 Ugandan shillings ($0.027) per day. He dismissed concerns it could limit people’s use of the internet. “We’re looking for money to maintain the security of the country and extend electricity so that you people can enjoy more of social media, more often, more frequently,” he said. Human rights activists begged to differ, and some took to social media to criticise the proposal. “It’s part of a wider attempt to curtail freedoms of expression,” Rosebell Kagumire, a human rights activist and blogger, said. Of Uganda’s 41 million people, 23.6 million are mobile phone subscribers and 17 million use the internet. Kasaija said the proposal, to be included in the budget for fiscal 2018/19 starting in July, had been sent to parliament this week for review after the cabinet approved it. The government blocked access to Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp during the last general election in 2016, a move used by other entrenched rulers in Africa in response to grassroots movements against them. Among other governments in East Africa moving to regulate internet use, Tanzania introduced a law last month requiring any citizen operating a blog or website to pay an annual licence fee of 1 million Tanzanian shillings ($440). ($1 = 3,690 Ugandan shillings, 2,261 Tanzanian shillings) (Additional reporting and writing by Omar Mohammed Editing by Maggie Fick and Hugh Lawson) http://www.okaygh.com/uganda-plans-tax-social-media-use-july/ |
Re: Uganda Plans Tax On Social Media Use From July by idrisolaide(m): 8:02am On Apr 13, 2018 |
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Re: Uganda Plans Tax On Social Media Use From July by eleojo23: 8:03am On Apr 13, 2018 |
Bubu be like... 12 Likes 2 Shares
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Re: Uganda Plans Tax On Social Media Use From July by easyfem(m): 8:03am On Apr 13, 2018 |
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Re: Uganda Plans Tax On Social Media Use From July by Pchikaodili(m): 8:03am On Apr 13, 2018 |
OK |
Re: Uganda Plans Tax On Social Media Use From July by teebaxy(m): 8:04am On Apr 13, 2018 |
That one no consign me , abeg is their any provision in our constitution Where a country can loan à leader from another country to type them....#Obama is jobless 3 Likes |
Re: Uganda Plans Tax On Social Media Use From July by Nobody: 8:04am On Apr 13, 2018 |
WTF 1 Like |
Re: Uganda Plans Tax On Social Media Use From July by donestk(m): 8:04am On Apr 13, 2018 |
Shittyhole 1 Like |
Re: Uganda Plans Tax On Social Media Use From July by lilfreezy: 8:04am On Apr 13, 2018 |
I seriously regret been born in this continent of ours. It saddens me 8 Likes |
Re: Uganda Plans Tax On Social Media Use From July by chukkystar(m): 8:04am On Apr 13, 2018 |
Most African leaders are useless 8 Likes |
Re: Uganda Plans Tax On Social Media Use From July by StPete: 8:04am On Apr 13, 2018 |
This is grossly insane 6 Likes |
Re: Uganda Plans Tax On Social Media Use From July by Nevamind: 8:05am On Apr 13, 2018 |
SH*THOLE 2 Likes |
Re: Uganda Plans Tax On Social Media Use From July by igbohausayoruba: 8:05am On Apr 13, 2018 |
Insane government 1 Like |
Re: Uganda Plans Tax On Social Media Use From July by akeentech(m): 8:07am On Apr 13, 2018 |
igbohausayoruba: |
Re: Uganda Plans Tax On Social Media Use From July by DirewolfofStark(m): 8:11am On Apr 13, 2018 |
African leaders and stupidity. Whoever called Africa a shithole continent is some kind of a prophet. 3 Likes |
Re: Uganda Plans Tax On Social Media Use From July by Cunninlinguist: 8:13am On Apr 13, 2018 |
teebaxy:Obama's effort will be in vain.The people around him will see to that |
Re: Uganda Plans Tax On Social Media Use From July by Nobody: 8:19am On Apr 13, 2018 |
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Re: Uganda Plans Tax On Social Media Use From July by RZArecta2(m): 8:25am On Apr 13, 2018 |
The brain dead cretín Buhari will definitely like this idea ![]() 1 Like |
Re: Uganda Plans Tax On Social Media Use From July by IamaNigerianGuy(m): 8:28am On Apr 13, 2018 |
Nothing you won't hear in Africa |
Re: Uganda Plans Tax On Social Media Use From July by Nobody: 8:33am On Apr 13, 2018 |
igbohausayoruba:like the one we have in Nigeria |
Re: Uganda Plans Tax On Social Media Use From July by valentineuwakwe(m): 8:49am On Apr 13, 2018 |
that's why African countries will continue to lag behind.....imagine the type of nonsense they can think of as part of development......so the social media is now their problem n fear........is 32 years not enough for one to be in power?yet you wnt to curtail the media with tax payment.... 4 Likes |
Re: Uganda Plans Tax On Social Media Use From July by Nobody: 8:50am On Apr 13, 2018 |
SHITE. |
Re: Uganda Plans Tax On Social Media Use From July by Nobody: 9:11am On Apr 13, 2018 |
Smh |
Re: Uganda Plans Tax On Social Media Use From July by MorataFC: 9:12am On Apr 13, 2018 |
We need it in Nigeria to checkmate those who post irrelevant topics and comments on social media |
Re: Uganda Plans Tax On Social Media Use From July by KillerBeauty(f): 9:17am On Apr 13, 2018 |
32 years in power ![]() 2 Likes |
Re: Uganda Plans Tax On Social Media Use From July by daannyy(m): 10:01am On Apr 13, 2018 |
Tax on the use of social media...Ovoko!!! are they that poor |
Re: Uganda Plans Tax On Social Media Use From July by Awoofawo(m): 11:04am On Apr 13, 2018 |
Orisirisi dey happen for Africa o! Upon say pesin struggled to buy phone and then load am with data....pesin go still pay tax to use am.....oga o! Shebi dem son collect VAT before on phone purchase and data....... ![]() If work dey for country, who go even find time dey go Social Media self.....useless leaders! |
Re: Uganda Plans Tax On Social Media Use From July by Awoofawo(m): 11:09am On Apr 13, 2018 |
IamaNigerianGuy:when one thought nothing new to see or hear, Africa always spring's a surprise! |
Re: Uganda Plans Tax On Social Media Use From July by RMAsuquo(m): 11:38am On Apr 13, 2018 |
Tax on use of Social Media ....! All is well.. ...long live Africa |
Re: Uganda Plans Tax On Social Media Use From July by pedrilo: 6:49pm On Apr 13, 2018 |
KillerBeauty:the man has bn ruling uganda two years b4 I was born. Holy Moses! |
Re: Uganda Plans Tax On Social Media Use From July by sparkle10(m): 9:22pm On Apr 13, 2018 |
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