By Deo Wasswa
Hon. Mbwatekamwa Ggafa(Bwamba county),Hon. Sabiiti Denis(Rubanda west), Hon. Florence Namayanja(Bukoto east), Honrable Baseka(Ntenjeru south) Fred, Hon Ajilo Maria Goreth(Kaberamaido) and Honorable Semuli Anthony (Mubende municipality) are some of members of parliament who have signed the pledged book to oppose the new proposed taxes on mobile money.
The campaign which has been launched officially today at Hotel Africana seeks to collect 250 signatures from members of parliament to reject this tax which is likely to affect a bigger percentage of Ugandans if it's adopted by the government.
However , during the launch some Members of parliament have advised the proprietorship of the campaign, the civil society budget advocacy group to mobilize them selves and walk to parliament to convince other members of parliament to join the campaign.
Julius Muhinda, the national coordinator, Civil society budget advocacy group says they have started mobilizing Ugandans to out their members of parliament on pressure to reject this form of tax.
He says within two weeks, they except to collect at least 100 signatures from members of parliament.