Uganda's parliament has passed a law to impose a controversial tax on people using social media platforms. It imposes a 200 shilling [$0.05, £0.04] daily levy on people using internet messaging platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp, Viber and Twitter. President Yoweri Museveni had pushed for the changes, arguing that social media encouraged gossip. The law should come into effect on 1 July but there remain doubts about how it will be implemented. State Minister for Finance David Bahati told parliament that the tax increases were needed to help Uganda pay off its growing national debt.

Source: The Star May 31, 2018 12:33 UTC