• Latest
Luttamaguzi: NRM Caucusing on Mobile Money Tax Undermines Parliament

Luttamaguzi: NRM Caucusing on Mobile Money Tax Undermines Parliament

7 years ago
Guinness Smooth Brings ‘Pass the Aux’ Listening Party to Life with Creatives

Guinness Smooth Brings ‘Pass the Aux’ Listening Party to Life with Creatives

1 day ago
Equity Roars into Action at Bugerere Stabex EMC Rally Championship

Equity Roars into Action at Bugerere Stabex EMC Rally Championship

1 day ago
Africa Is Not Overpopulated But Underutilised – Museveni

Africa Is Not Overpopulated But Underutilised – Museveni

1 day ago
ICPAU Unveils New Council for 2025–2027 Term

ICPAU Unveils New Council for 2025–2027 Term

1 day ago
Equity Bank Leads Private Sector Push in Climate Finance at Uganda’s First National Forum

Equity Bank Leads Private Sector Push in Climate Finance at Uganda’s First National Forum

1 day ago
Museveni Flags Off Kayunga–Galiraya Road to Link Central and Northern Uganda

Museveni Flags Off Kayunga–Galiraya Road to Link Central and Northern Uganda

1 day ago
SoftPower News
Sunday, July 13, 2025
  • News
  • Tourism & Travel
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
    • Fashion
  • Regional
    • Kenya
    • Rwanda
    • Tanzania
    • Burundi
    • South Sudan
    • DR Congo
  • Defence & Security
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • More
    • Agriculture
    • Africa
    • Columnists
    • Education
    • Health
      • COVID-19
    • International News
    • News in Pictures
    • OpEd
    • Pearl Of Africa
    • People
    • Politics
    • Special Reports
    • Women
No Result
View All Result
  • News
  • Tourism & Travel
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
    • Fashion
  • Regional
    • Kenya
    • Rwanda
    • Tanzania
    • Burundi
    • South Sudan
    • DR Congo
  • Defence & Security
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • More
    • Agriculture
    • Africa
    • Columnists
    • Education
    • Health
      • COVID-19
    • International News
    • News in Pictures
    • OpEd
    • Pearl Of Africa
    • People
    • Politics
    • Special Reports
    • Women
No Result
View All Result
SoftPower News
No Result
View All Result
Home News

Luttamaguzi: NRM Caucusing on Mobile Money Tax Undermines Parliament

by Nixon Segawa
October 1, 2018
Luttamaguzi: NRM Caucusing on Mobile Money Tax Undermines Parliament

Semakula Luttamaguzi, the MP for Nakaseke South.

15
VIEWS

Nakaseke South Member of Parliament (MP), Paulsen Luttamaguzi Semakula has noted that the incident that happened last week in Parliament where NRM MPs were mobilized to fail the voting on mobile money tax was an indication that the independence of Parliament remains in question.

Luttamaguzi said that it is on record that several decisions that need Parliament legislation are tabled before the NRM caucus first and decided upon which leaves Parliament as just a rubber stamp of NRM.

Related Stories

Guinness Smooth Brings ‘Pass the Aux’ Listening Party to Life with Creatives

Equity Roars into Action at Bugerere Stabex EMC Rally Championship

Africa Is Not Overpopulated But Underutilised – Museveni

Voting on the Excise duty amendment Bill flopped last week after members failed to raise the required quorum of 154, only 97 MPs were in the house out of over 450 legislators.

It is alleged that there are key legislators in Parliament including Commissioner Peter Ogwang and the State Minister for Finance, Evelyn Anite who called on their colleagues to move out of plenary when time for voting on the Bill reached.

The NRM MPs are expected to convene this evening at 4pm at State House Entebbe over the same matter that is likely to be voted on tomorrow in plenary sitting.

Now, the Nakaseke South MP Luttamaguzi Semakula, the main opponent of the Mobile Money tax Bill and Manjiya County’s John Baptist Nambeshe have told the media at Parliament that they are determined to fight on. However, they were worried that their colleagues in NRM might be compromised by the President who they are going to meet today.

The two insist that this tax should be thrown out of Parliament and have vowed to fight and fail the tax.

“With my colleagues, we still stand with the people and we shall fight the tax because it is not necessary and so repressive,” Lutamaguzi said.

In a new Excise Duty amendment Bill, the government wants to have the tax on Mobile money reduced from the current 1% on all transactions to 0.5 percent only on withdrawals.

The minority report opposing the tax was signed by three legislators including Semakula Luttamaguzi, Patrick Isiagi of Kachumbala county in Bukedea district and Moses Walyomu of Kagoma County in Jinja.

Tags: Mobile money taxNakaseke SouthNewsNRM caucusSemakula LuttamaguziSoft Power NewsUganda

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *


The reCAPTCHA verification period has expired. Please reload the page.

Recent Stories

Guinness Smooth Brings ‘Pass the Aux’ Listening Party to Life with Creatives

Equity Roars into Action at Bugerere Stabex EMC Rally Championship

Africa Is Not Overpopulated But Underutilised – Museveni

ICPAU Unveils New Council for 2025–2027 Term

Equity Bank Leads Private Sector Push in Climate Finance at Uganda’s First National Forum

Museveni Flags Off Kayunga–Galiraya Road to Link Central and Northern Uganda

Stanbic Bank Ad
SoftPower News Logo

SoftPower News is a subsidiary of SoftPower Communications LLC, a Ugandan digital media group. Keep posted of the latest from Uganda and East Africa.
Plot 4B Malcolm X, Kololo
P.O Box 1497, Kampala - Uganda
Tel: +256-392-001-701
Email: info@softpower.ug

This news site is licenced by Uganda Communications Commission (UCC)

ADVERTISEMENT
Stanbic Remittance Ad
  • News
  • Tourism & Travel
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
  • Regional
  • Defence & Security
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • More

© SoftPower News

error: Content is protected
No Result
View All Result
  • News
  • Tourism & Travel
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
    • Fashion
  • Regional
    • Kenya
    • Rwanda
    • Tanzania
    • Burundi
    • South Sudan
    • DR Congo
  • Defence & Security
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • More
    • Agriculture
    • Africa
    • Columnists
    • Education
    • Health
      • COVID-19
    • International News
    • News in Pictures
    • OpEd
    • Pearl Of Africa
    • People
    • Politics
    • Special Reports
    • Women

© SoftPower News