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Uganda's Social Media Tax to Stay Despite Protests

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The Ugandan government says it will keep a social media tax in place despite an uproar. Users of social media in Uganda will continue paying the daily tax of 53 cents to access online services such as Facebook, Google, Whatsapp and Skype. On Wednesday, President Yoweri Museveni summoned legislators of the ruling National Resistance Movement party to discuss the tax. Finance Minister Matia Kasaija introduced an amendment to the law Thursday, but only to reduce a tax on mobile money...

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