In Uganda Revolution Might Be Televised: Traders Strike Against Military Dictator’s Taxation

By Zacharia Kanyonyozi Photos: YouTube Screenshots It is day two of the traders strike and Dictator Museveni continues to fiddle as Rome burns. Dictator Museveni says he will meet traders on Friday because even though Uganda continues to lose millions of shillings a day due to this strike, it is not his concern. He only cares for power and dynastic rule. But we have just told you something you already knew. So let us get to lesser known news. First, a brief background to this fine mess that the Museveni Junta has landed us in before we continue. The traders strike mutated from protests that started last week. Ostensibly, the bone of contention is over the Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing Solutions (EFRIS) system that the Uganda Revenue Authority has introduced. Well, this is what the Junta will have you believe as it paints the traders will a broad brush tarring them as anarchists who care little for a better functioning tax system as they are against taxation per se. To clarify two things, Abdul Hakim Katongole, a Kampala City Traders’ Association Uganda (KACITA Uganda) member, said this morning that this countrywide strike began in September last year! It began...