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Rank: Elder Joined: 8/16/2011 Posts: 2,386
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 On the first social thought I thought M7 must be a mad frustrated old man milking the young lads and lasses off their wealth After reading his aim I can now tell they should start the SMtax in Kenya as well and keep our funds in Kenya than on those Facebook billionaires, those twitterags, those yahoobags, those instagrammers, those Vodafoneirs etc and develop our economy. In fact make it 5% in Kenya as we are far much ahead and smarter than UGs Why has Rotich not seen this? Who support M7 like me to tell Parliament to have Thinking people than think tanks? Bravo M7 for seeing how those PIGs get wealth out from our pockets.  https://www.businessdailyafrica....647636-t7ecis/index.html
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/9/2009 Posts: 6,592 Location: Nairobi
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It's a terrible idea to tax social social media. It would be ok if other countries are doing the same but now most Ugandans will not be able to keep up with the rest of the world. It's also obvious that the well to do of Uganda will not be affected, only the poorer. I think M7 is also afraid of an 'Arab spring' kind of resistance that can be raised through social media by foreign countries, as a dictator, even I would be afraid of platforms that offer these levels of freedom to people. As for Kenya, this would be a terrible idea too because it a sector or platform that offers some sort of dreamy hope for the young, frustrated, unemployed Kenyans.
BBI will solve it :)
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Rank: Elder Joined: 8/16/2011 Posts: 2,386
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2012 wrote:It's a terrible idea to tax social social media. It would be ok if other countries are doing the same but now most Ugandans will not be able to keep up with the rest of the world. It's also obvious that the well to do of Uganda will not be affected, only the poorer. I think M7 is also afraid of an 'Arab spring' kind of resistance that can be raised through social media by foreign countries, as a dictator, even I would be afraid of platforms that offer these levels of freedom to people.
As for Kenya, this would be a terrible idea too because it a sector or platform that offers some sort of dreamy hope for the young, frustrated, unemployed Kenyans.  Re-read it again with open mind. You have lost a lot because of a corrupted head in the past. Re-read Bro, 
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Rank: Elder Joined: 11/5/2010 Posts: 2,459
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Realtreaty wrote: On the first social thought I thought M7 must be a mad frustrated old man milking the young lads and lasses off their wealth After reading his aim I can now tell they should start the SMtax in Kenya as well and keep our funds in Kenya than on those Facebook billionaires, those twitterags, those yahoobags, those instagrammers, those Vodafoneirs etc and develop our economy. In fact make it 5% in Kenya as we are far much ahead and smarter than UGs Why has Rotich not seen this? Who support M7 like me to tell Parliament to have Thinking people than think tanks? Bravo M7 for seeing how those PIGs get wealth out from our pockets. https://www.businessdailyafrica....647636-t7ecis/index.html Museveni's communication team are miles ahead of their counterparts in Africa. Simple clear statement. The social media tax is a brilliant idea. I read that Uganda reduced their import bill from $7B to $5B. If true,then we should seriously consider sending Uhuru there for attachment.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/11/2012 Posts: 5,222
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FRM2011 wrote:Realtreaty wrote: On the first social thought I thought M7 must be a mad frustrated old man milking the young lads and lasses off their wealth After reading his aim I can now tell they should start the SMtax in Kenya as well and keep our funds in Kenya than on those Facebook billionaires, those twitterags, those yahoobags, those instagrammers, those Vodafoneirs etc and develop our economy. In fact make it 5% in Kenya as we are far much ahead and smarter than UGs Why has Rotich not seen this? Who support M7 like me to tell Parliament to have Thinking people than think tanks? Bravo M7 for seeing how those PIGs get wealth out from our pockets. https://www.businessdailyafrica....647636-t7ecis/index.html Museveni's communication team are miles ahead of their counterparts in Africa. Simple clear statement. The social media tax is a brilliant idea. I read that Uganda reduced their import bill from $7B to $5B. If true,then we should seriously consider sending Uhuru there for attachment. Crypto currency is taking root too with Binance setting shop. They probably lowered tax to compete against WeChat/Alibaba and our MPesa
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Rank: Elder Joined: 9/19/2015 Posts: 2,871 Location: hapo
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FRM2011 wrote:Realtreaty wrote: On the first social thought I thought M7 must be a mad frustrated old man milking the young lads and lasses off their wealth After reading his aim I can now tell they should start the SMtax in Kenya as well and keep our funds in Kenya than on those Facebook billionaires, those twitterags, those yahoobags, those instagrammers, those Vodafoneirs etc and develop our economy. In fact make it 5% in Kenya as we are far much ahead and smarter than UGs Why has Rotich not seen this? Who support M7 like me to tell Parliament to have Thinking people than think tanks? Bravo M7 for seeing how those PIGs get wealth out from our pockets. https://www.businessdailyafrica....647636-t7ecis/index.html Museveni's communication team are miles ahead of their counterparts in Africa. Simple clear statement. The social media tax is a brilliant idea. I read that Uganda reduced their import bill from $7B to $5B. If true,then we should seriously consider sending Uhuru there for attachment. I think uzee itawamaliza Tax is not supposed to enrich gov't. It is supposed to allow a gov't offer a service. Exactly which service is the gov't of Museveni offering to FB users? I have read his simplistic statement. He says social media is for gossiping and is a luxury. If you and Museveni use FB for gossiping it's not my fault. Just because you are lazy and don't know how to use modern communication devices doesn't mean that I'm Immoral. You guys sound like the fellas who use the internet to go to Pornhub. It is just sad to see our friends in TZ being told to get a license to blog. Our friends in UG being told that using whatsapp is a luxury they should pay for.. Now we have neanderthals here on wazua who support such nonsense. Like that fella who wanted to make everyone pay 6k for posting their own personal videos on YouTube. Boss, time has passed you by. Ati tax for going to Facebook. I mean. Kama siujinga, ujinga ndio nini? Thieves are not good people. Tumeelewana?
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/9/2009 Posts: 6,592 Location: Nairobi
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alma1 wrote:FRM2011 wrote:Realtreaty wrote: On the first social thought I thought M7 must be a mad frustrated old man milking the young lads and lasses off their wealth After reading his aim I can now tell they should start the SMtax in Kenya as well and keep our funds in Kenya than on those Facebook billionaires, those twitterags, those yahoobags, those instagrammers, those Vodafoneirs etc and develop our economy. In fact make it 5% in Kenya as we are far much ahead and smarter than UGs Why has Rotich not seen this? Who support M7 like me to tell Parliament to have Thinking people than think tanks? Bravo M7 for seeing how those PIGs get wealth out from our pockets. https://www.businessdailyafrica....647636-t7ecis/index.html Museveni's communication team are miles ahead of their counterparts in Africa. Simple clear statement. The social media tax is a brilliant idea. I read that Uganda reduced their import bill from $7B to $5B. If true,then we should seriously consider sending Uhuru there for attachment. I think uzee itawamaliza Tax is not supposed to enrich gov't. It is supposed to allow a gov't offer a service. Exactly which service is the gov't of Museveni offering to FB users? I have read his simplistic statement. He says social media is for gossiping and is a luxury. If you and Museveni use FB for gossiping it's not my fault. Just because you are lazy and don't know how to use modern communication devices doesn't mean that I'm Immoral. You guys sound like the fellas who use the internet to go to Pornhub. It is just sad to see our friends in TZ being told to get a license to blog. Our friends in UG being told that using whatsapp is a luxury they should pay for.. Now we have neanderthals here on wazua who support such nonsense. Like that fella who wanted to make everyone pay 6k for posting their own personal videos on YouTube. Boss, time has passed you by. Ati tax for going to Facebook. I mean. Kama siujinga, ujinga ndio nini? @alma1 I also don't understand how they don't get that taxing social media that is not charged around the world is retrogressive. It would take us back to the stone ages. What exactly is wrong with gossip? Gossip is not an invention of social media. The dictator is afraid of open message sharing.
BBI will solve it :)
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Rank: Elder Joined: 9/19/2015 Posts: 2,871 Location: hapo
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2012 wrote:alma1 wrote:FRM2011 wrote:Realtreaty wrote: On the first social thought I thought M7 must be a mad frustrated old man milking the young lads and lasses off their wealth After reading his aim I can now tell they should start the SMtax in Kenya as well and keep our funds in Kenya than on those Facebook billionaires, those twitterags, those yahoobags, those instagrammers, those Vodafoneirs etc and develop our economy. In fact make it 5% in Kenya as we are far much ahead and smarter than UGs Why has Rotich not seen this? Who support M7 like me to tell Parliament to have Thinking people than think tanks? Bravo M7 for seeing how those PIGs get wealth out from our pockets. https://www.businessdailyafrica....647636-t7ecis/index.html Museveni's communication team are miles ahead of their counterparts in Africa. Simple clear statement. The social media tax is a brilliant idea. I read that Uganda reduced their import bill from $7B to $5B. If true,then we should seriously consider sending Uhuru there for attachment. I think uzee itawamaliza Tax is not supposed to enrich gov't. It is supposed to allow a gov't offer a service. Exactly which service is the gov't of Museveni offering to FB users? I have read his simplistic statement. He says social media is for gossiping and is a luxury. If you and Museveni use FB for gossiping it's not my fault. Just because you are lazy and don't know how to use modern communication devices doesn't mean that I'm Immoral. You guys sound like the fellas who use the internet to go to Pornhub. It is just sad to see our friends in TZ being told to get a license to blog. Our friends in UG being told that using whatsapp is a luxury they should pay for.. Now we have neanderthals here on wazua who support such nonsense. Like that fella who wanted to make everyone pay 6k for posting their own personal videos on YouTube. Boss, time has passed you by. Ati tax for going to Facebook. I mean. Kama siujinga, ujinga ndio nini? @alma1 I also don't understand how they don't get that taxing social media that is not charged around the world is retrogressive. It would take us back to the stone ages. What exactly is wrong with gossip? Gossip is not an invention of social media. The dictator is afraid of open message sharing. Without gossip there would be no wazua FRM2011 would never talk about raira realtreaty would not tell us about the kikuyu kingdom Impunity would not make us puke Angelica would not be with the Tokyo guy I would vote for Ruto Wazua would be dead as a dodo. These people don't even have a like button yet. Museveni is stupid. He's always been stupid. He's trying to get a fiefdom. Hata Ruto amekataa mambo ya watoto wa wale kuwa president. Ati chochomendia tax.....We shall work on you as we worked on that Ezekiel fella. Utanyamaza ama uende UG ao Tanzania. Kitawelekana. Thieves are not good people. Tumeelewana?
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Rank: Elder Joined: 10/4/2006 Posts: 13,823 Location: Nairobi
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I am sorry - I don't agree! First of all - the fact that government can just decide to place a tax on something so abitrary is rather off with me. You cannot tax what is not paid for and what is not sold! if my mother gives me food - you cannot abtrarilly come up with a tax on it. Tax on trade - yes! let them tax where someone is buying or selling or property is changing hands. but taxes for taxes sake - no! I saw some idiots deciding to tax selfies taking... like what? what is wrong with people? Secondly, people always need to ask themselves... what is the "greater good"... the "common good"... the single outcome we are seeking for and thus we are directing our efforts towards. This is normally informed by what ideology we as a country are following. in my opinion our "greater good" should not be to raise funds for government! no... it's to maximize individual quality of life. Finally, of course what these lawyers don't know (because it's always lawyers that come up with such rent seeking ideas) is that technology does not really follow them and pretty soon people will be doing something totally different to circumvent them. wait and see. All Mushrooms are edible! Some Mushroom are only edible ONCE!
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/22/2008 Posts: 2,721
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How exactly would this tax be implemented? Will it be a tax on data? Is there a way of segmenting data so that you pay more for being on Facebook than being on Wikipedia?
Or would it be an entrance fee? As in the government will block access to Facebook on all phones and computers until you pay the tax then you get access? Is this possible?
Mimi sielewi mambo ya technology sana so somebody help me understand how it can be done. At this time I just want to understand how it will be done before I can even think if it is a good idea or not.
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