All The Things (and People) That Upset The Internet This Week 

The internet has been angry, and will probably be for the rest of the year thanks to the new tax obligations we have under our belts which are; social media and mobile money tax  among other lots of others. But, that’s not exactly why we were angry this week. Here is everything that upset the internet this week.

If you can’t pay the social media tax, just go and die 

If the announcement by members of parliament that they brought to our fore a tax obligation they too had no idea about was annoying, one MP decided to take it a notch higher. In fact, he chose to become one of the loathed people in the country, which happened almost instantly. Jame Waluswaka, MP Bunyole West advised Ugandans to leave Uganda or ‘go and die if they don’t want to pay the new social media tax. The internet responded in all sorts of ways, but collectively, they were all angry responses. (Pulse Live UG)

Spice Diana accuses government of putting a Shs. 250,000 tax on social media 

Spice Diana was in the news for the wrong reasons yet again. During a press conference held by media and celebrities sharing their disgruntlement towards the new social media and mobile money tax, the singer shocked us when she cried out that the reason she wants the tax to go is because the number of likes and comments on posts has dramatically diminished. This wasn’t so bad, because, truthfully she was being honest. But, when she later got confused by the actual amount her fans are paying as tax to like and comment on her posts, we were all angered. She ended up accusing the government of charging us a staggering Shs. 250,000 as tax.

Poor government! It wasn’t amused as well. (Galaxy FM)

The 1% tax on mobile money was actually a miscommunication. It was supposed to be 0.5%

This could be the most annoying revelation of the week, we haven’t yet recovered from it. In a statement shared on Facebook by the president, who by the way declared that he had paid the new tax before opening his Facebook, the head of state cleared the air that, the tax on mobile money was supposed to be 0.5% not 1% as earlier on communicated. In fact, he went to reveal that the ‘1%’ was a miscommunication. This statement came days after Ugandans had coughed out lots of the money as payment of the tax. So, whose fault was it? Who made this miscommunication? Should we expect a refund?

The internet has never been so upset. Do we blame it? No, we don’t. (New Vision)

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