Following meetings with traders and growing pushback, the Uganda Communications Commission has announced the formation of a multi-stakeholder committee and a registration exercise for Wi-Fi hotspot resellers as it reviews its earlier hardline crackdown.
Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa has demanded a public apology from CBS FM journalist John Paul Ssebaduka for editing and circulating a video that allegedly distorted his remarks about nurses, and has referred the matter to the Uganda Communications Commission.
The Uganda Communications Commission has given approximately 4,000 unlicensed public Wi-Fi hotspot operators seven days to switch off their equipment or face a nationwide crackdown involving seizure and destruction of routers. The move, aimed at protecting government revenue and licensed operators, has drawn resistance from traders who say the cheap voucher model is their livelihood
