Raymond Mujuni and Colleagues File Suit to Challenge Social Media Tax

As many youths lay on their beds lazily, covered in sheets and downloading VPN to by pass the newly established Social Media Tax, others have come out to fight for their rights. NTV Uganda journalist, Raymond Mujuni, has brought to our attention that he and his colleagues will not stand back. Together with the Cyber Lay initiative Uganda Limited, Opio Daniel Bill, Baguma Moses, Okiror Emmanuel, Silver Kayondo, he has filed a suit to challenge the tax.

“We have filed our suit challenging the #SocialMediaTax. Lawyers are currently serving the attorney general, UCC and URA and actively seeking a date for when the petition can be heard and disposed off. Our suit raises fundamental disagreement with the tax.” he posted

Let us all stand together, to fight this evasion on human rights.

SOCIAL MEDIA TAX

It was in May 2018, when the parliament passed the controversial tax on social media sites. It however came into practice in July, that to access any of the social sites, one had to pay a daily fee of 200 shs. This has brought about mixed feelings from the population.