Africa Museveni Unashamedly Defends Social Media Tax, Reduces Mobile Money Tax From 1% to 0.5%By Tapiwa Matthew MutisiJuly 5, 2018 Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni unashamedly defended the country’s new social media tax, saying Ugandans were using such platforms for “lying”, and squandering the nation’s hard currency on fees to foreign-owned telecoms firms.