This move by the Ugandan government is myopic and retrogressive. I mean, taxing internet use is low, especially for an African country. This can't generate the money that the government hope to make, if anything, it will cause them to lose money. How many Ugandans can afford £4 pound a day? This move is extremely ridiculous.
Are they trying to return the Ugandans to the stone ages? This is a very shallow decision by the government. If they really need some funding, they should seek from somewhere else... This will not only injure the populace but the government itself in many ways. Because with this, they have taking the wrong call and they are not getting any positives from it. Take for instance, the millions that have already quit the use of internet. So for the government, there is no income generated against whatever plan they may have in place or wish to achieve, and the country will indirectly be in dark. I can't just imagine myself without internet services. WTF???
This is a wrong, wrong move by the Ugandan government. It could set the country back 20, 30 years. I know governments across the world are finding it difficult to control their people as information spreads much more faster than it used to before and so take measures like this to reduce the might of the people's voice that internet provides. This is not the time for any country in Africa to deny its citizens access to internet. There are other avenues to raise tax, using that as an excuse to silence people will only come back to bite the Ugandan government. This move is a big NO!
