likely to save uganda young people who are. using very. bandos we call them. in there. and she is to engage in the conversation would have to remember you might think that two hundred shillings is something small but strong that uganda is one of the country going up with the one of the largest many. internet access the cost is very high when they make it how do you cut the people from risk so this does not make sense in which we only have eighteen percent of our relation using mobile internet connection. i'm just looking at a quote here on my laptop it's from president seven he said this back in march of this year i'm not going to propose a tax on internet use for educational research of reference purposes these must remain free in fact the idea of having an internet that's very excessive all the people can get to that's very important for uganda so i'm just wondering is it possible to have both things how do you know if something is looking are a source for information for their school work or posting on twitter how how would you even place this. i think trying to tax

scores they simply the social media tax in uganda starting in july taxing citizens two hundred. about five u.s. cents per day for using social media networks including whatsapp twitter and skype supporters of the tax say it will help alleviate the country's debt but what impact will it have elsewhere joining us to talk about this we have raised welcome mary she is a journalist and activist who's been following this salary well as well good to have you here any indication just what's coming up people using social platforms would be charged a day the rate which that come from i think. very huge. and the government really has find really. good ways to cut down on the rich would be cutting government spending and he's. actually. that's the only really can. well we're getting. you social media in their name. which is not even do much what. we hired them some speculation and some people guesstimating why they think this is going to come into place this is great she says the president and the cons regulatory authority have mostly attributed this tax to the increase in gossip on social

course they simply the social media tax in uganda starting in july uganda will tax its citizens two hundred to. about five u.s. cents per day for using social media networks including whatsapp twitter and skype supporters of the tax say it will help alleviate the country's debt.

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of uganda is identity and if i'm all in this environment it. hush. environment i'd have actually helped us protect our environment but they have a powerful rival the black and white friesian holsteiner the world's most popular milking cows bred for maximum milk production the owner of this herd just got rid of all his on kohli just so he could buy these foreign imports but he had the most are not well adapted to the ugandan climate and that forces the herders to use insecticides and antibiotics the only protection from local chicks and parasites. but the ones we do mostly will who get a little bit since we started using the chemicals we lost a lot of insects especially. we used to harvest honey but it isn't possible anymore and other animals and insects have disappeared we've destroyed a lot of trees too we don't have many insects left. and see what the elizabeth cut to xabi is a member of the i will call the cattle conservation association she visits farmers around the country she explains why it's important to preserve the ancient breeds and she's

a door into the european market you've also been following a story about social media use in uganda and government policy pertaining to it yes the government in uganda has passed a law which imposes a tax on social media users so for next month anyone who wants to use platforms like facebook whatsapp or twitter on their mobile phones will have to pay the government two hundred shillings per day and that works out about five u.s. cents but bear in mind that for those on low incomes who use social media every day the tax could amount to two three percent or more of their income in a country where mobile data is already pretty expensive but what's this really about is it about the money or is there more to it than that it does depend who you are asked the government says it's about raising revenues but critics say it's more about limiting access to information you might recall that president yoweri museveni has left us his finance minister back in march said that the tax would help the country cope with gossip and remember during the last general election in two thousand and sixteen the go

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push forward well still ahead here on al-jazeera we look at who's taking care of the children as uganda shuts down hundreds of false images i. also mexicans prepared to give to the polls in a vote of the working class are expected to be the king to make cuts to stay with us here on all just. how and more hot sunshine across the middle east no surprises hey we've got a few showers just. menaced on his back a style that essentially is clear blue skies or very hot sunshine coming through thirty seven celsius there in baquba getting up to forty two in baghdad added to kill a city while the more pleasant twenty seven therefore by returning slim similar value here as well as we go on for sas day and indeed into sunday so central areas we'll see a few more tips just edging up a few more degrees forty three celsius for kuwait city thirty three for karate the hot sunshine of course that drains its way down across the arabian place a little more clout there into amounted to the u.a.e. a little on the humid side here i suspect as we go on through saturday. tending to just ease back a little bit as

coordinator in uganda. i have not been to a country even those countries in warm west and in most of my career where most of the solutions income from women yes who have the resilience to harm each and the guts to get society to change into positive behavior it was women it was women and the man everywhere in union who got charles taylor to change his ways and get them out of stuff that was in there. it was written out well now harsh to make sure of that and you know you need. so as women we have an incredible. strength of power and of respect that is not always obvious but when we come together we can have better results all these thoughts process don't go away very quickly so you want to hear from me if they're in uganda you can always tweet me the hash tag is a.j. nice grades sarah thank you well every day in australia thirty people are rescued from drowning and saving lives is about to get easier this summer drones will be used to help stranded swimmers and to spot sharks that might be getting a little

even their siblings many in uganda worry the closure of some six hundred orphanages will put children out on the streets without the basic skills for survival unicef says there are two and a half million orphans in uganda and hundred fifty three million worldwide the charity hope and home says children living in orphanages are forty times more likely to have a criminal record and five hundred times more likely to commit suicide researchers say children who grow up in orphanages suffer physically intellectually and emotionally the quality of life of orphans in uganda is what's worrying the commissioner for youth and children's affairs he's overseeing the closure of orphanages that don't meet the government's criteria we have also learnt that many of these when it is being used as a group of children out of the country i'm suspecting parents just leave their children to be taken on by anybody under the guise of helping them and in the end. one of the licensed homes in gulu st jude it's home to more than ninety orphans. for the children to grow up in bed last night as their i divined fro

have been wondering along the grass plains of central uganda. and one of the oldest indigenous cultures. the long horns assist their blood circulation and help keep them. the area known for their hide it is which allows them to leave both poor quality of education and limited amounts of water for elizabeth to shall be there more than a source of income. the person born by him or community i really believe that our heritage shouldn't be lost i think this call. of uganda is identity and if i had been more in this environment. hush. environment i'd have actually helped us protect our environment. but they have a powerful rival the black and white checked phrase in horse time the wilds be dominant dairy cattle bred for maximum yield the owner of these had replaced all his uncle a cows with his for an important. but first in horse trains are poorly equipped to deal with again an environment forcing the headers to deploy high quantities of insecticide it's. the only protection against in them it ticks and parasites but the one we do mostly will who do

uganda, nobody talks about our tragedy. yemen i5 too many. uganda, nobody talks about our tragedy. politics. i'm sorry to say. i always believed in virtues of democracy from the west and so on. but if the west was not supporting saudi arabia in the way it's doing and blinding its eyes to the tragedy that is happening in places like yemen, we would have a very different situation. but if the west is motivated to sell arms, in spite of, for example, human rights violations in saudi arabia itself. apart from what the saudi led coalition is doing in yemen. there is a real need for a rethink on global politics in term5 for a rethink on global politics in terms of, you know, what do we do to stop these things? it is all driven by these interests, to sell arms, to make money, in spite of people dying. it's exacerbated and i think you're entirely right, but it is exacerbated by the fact that this is a proxy war between iran, saudi arabia and we know what america things of iran. we know trump enjoys banquets with the saudis and being lavished in palaces. the moral leadership and the voice i

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the rhino camp in northwest uganda around one hundred thousand refugees live there the majority of them come from south sudan aid organizations like the german red cross and developed home has helped the refugees to earn a living like starting their own farm. uganda isn't the only country in africa that accept refugees most of the africans who have sought a new life within africa went to south africa last year around two point two million people the ivory coast is number two with two point one million migrants from other countries uganda ethiopia and nigeria have all except in more than a million migrants. countries will host migrants also profit from it that's according to the most recent u.n. c.g.a. to study it also states that african countries will ultimately benefit from the migration. today with the latest from the wild all business thanks to a company and. the to. cut. cut. cut. cut cut cut cut cut cut. cut cut. cut cut. cut. cut cut cut cut cut. cut. cut. cut cut cut cut. cut. higher and higher frequency further and further from dirty and dirty or the high gloss world of profess

i come from uganda. we have a brutal dictator. to somalia to take out islamists and so on. but he's brutal. no democracy. our people are dying. 30 years and he's just changed the constitution, taking away the 75 age limit. a terrible dictator. and trump, he's continuing to give him arms and so on. i would like to ask — you see him going to north korea. that's nothing to me. it is total nonsense. but what is his approach to different world matters like africa? like uganda? i think he freelances this, you give him too much credit, there is no approach! it is seat—of—the—pants diplomacy, in the most powerful office of the world. i would certainly qualify your optimism, though. i think the summit was certainly successful as a media jamboree. it had the feel of a reality tv spectacular. that is howjust how trump likes it. kim jong—un's appearances in front of the foreign media are rare indeed, so he would have been quite happy to exchange smiles. there wasn't quite a bromance, even though trump was in his element. but he loves those bi

uganda isn't the only country in africa that accepts refugees most of the africans who have sought a new life within africa went to south africa last year around two point two million people the ivory coast is number two with two point one million migrants from other countries uganda ethiopia and nigeria have all accepted more than a million migrants. are countries who host migrants also profit from it that's according to the most recent u.n. c.t.a. to study it also states that african countries will ultimately benefit from the migration. they were the latest from the wild all business thanks your company and . claim to cut the i'm a. complaint to the took. place about. the i'm such. a. place they make a commitment. they find. late in stronger. elastica and the lead story the most people making a difference shaping the ashamed of their continental m.w. multimedia series for alfred carlo. dot com for calling the most. lego relentlessly the white house clegg it's taking the bus beyond such a problem with your favorite celebrity pledge. to bring the muslim culture going to the entire co

of uganda is identity and it's animal in this environment it. said hush. environment i'd has actually helped us protect our environment. but they have a powerful rival the black and white checked for asian host time the wilds be dominant dairy cattle bred for maximum yield the owner of these had replaced all his uncle a cows with these foreign imports. but horse trains are poorly equipped to deal with again an environment forcing the headers to deploy high quantities of insecticide it's. the only protection against in them it ticks and parasites like the one we don't much they were getting warm but since the introduction of chemical the bees left and even other insects and animals also left. there are no more beasts we can no longer have a honey or so many trees have been cut here to make spears for the cattle that used to be many trees and bushes and that these used to have places. to new numbers it as a member of the on call a cattle conservation as addition elizabeth visits farmers across the country and explains why it is important to solve their pure

poor schools they simply the social media tax in uganda starting in july uganda will tax its citizens two hundred to shellings and that's about five u.s. cents per day for using social media networks including what's app.

on malcolm webb income part of the capital of uganda which is one of the countries where thousands of chimpanzees can still be found after the highland forested slopes because other countries they've already completely disappeared and wherever they live there on the tremendous pressure chimps like humans living through the same feelings they used tools these are qualities that were discovered only in the one nine hundred sixty s. by our young british woman she lived with chimps thirty yards and grew closer to them than anyone before jane goodall widely seen as the world's leading primatologist conservationist talks to al-jazeera. you one of the world's most recognized experts from chimpanzees what's so special about chimpanzees our closest living relatives on planet earth. ninety eight plus. of our d.n.a. with chimpanzees a great deal of our communication non-verbal is the same kissing a brazing holding hands patting on the back swaggering shaking their fist begging for food if you want your group of chimps to know exactly what they're about because we do the same they were the first

is in uganda this year a quarter of a million couples will get married. —— in uganda.y ugandan couples they are now opting for a second ceremony, a big white wedding. they have invited over 1500 guests. ugandan weddings are now big business. big dresses, big venues, and big bills. a wedding like this costs around $100,000 us. most ugandan couples have a traditional wedding, which usually includes the groom paying a bride price. these days, with more and more couples also having big white weddings, people are facing additional financial burdens. moses spent 10,000 user —— us dollars on their wedding. half of which went to what the right price. they still owe $4000. the right price. they still owe 34000. it the right price. they still owe 54000. it has the right price. they still owe $4000. it has turned into a lot of stress and strain and pressure on me. even between me and my wife. with stress you can develop depression as a wife. you elect your husband cannot provide. mps are proposing a legal change to make the traditional payments of ray price optional. the first th

a unique solution as a man is breaking all the to blues in uganda but he says something just had to be done. school's out for students. but these gals aren't ready to head home just yet can you guess what they're making there transforming some old growth into reusable eco friendly. lots of ugandan girls can't afford ordinary parts so they stay home from school during their period to avoid being teased when you intervene in the field. so you really want to show you. and him may not come back to school and never ended. because pat's a so expensive most young girls have no choice but to use towels or even leaves which aren't reliable and just to hear he's helping create all of the usable pods so they too can do it during their few years without having to worry do your i have three sisters so he understands how hard it can be.

you buy and london uganda imposes a special tax on social media is the government in it for the money or the control board. and the argentinean president provides cold comfort for his people and then feels the heat on social media. in more than eleven years of doing the listening post we've never covered a story quite like this one last week news spread of the murder of a russian dissident journalist our cuddy bob cenk oh shut and killed outside his apartment in kiev ukraine except as we all now know it never happened the killing had been staged his resurrection broadcast live at a press conference the following day that chancellor said he faked his own death as part of an operation led by the ukrainian security services to thwart a plot by moscow to kill him he said it was about survival for others though it was a mere stunt that undermined ukraine's credibility and could have serious consequences for other journalists down the road this story is also part of an ongoing media battle a larger geo political conflict between the western backed government in ukraine and moscow which says

a common story is that refugees are sent on to cover to rwanda or uganda with some cash and that the governments dare look the other way possibly in a deal with israel in the meantime refugees are staying in an open detention center here in israel called home lot they are free to leave during the day but have to return by night. the policy that is being now advanced by the prison or a third country which is widely thought to be a wonder there are some arguments that perhaps uganda could be involved as well that policy when it comes to that choice if you were presented with that choice personally prison or forced deportation back to an african country which is not your own what choice would you make it is better for me to see your side is what is waiting for me in rwanda already one doctor and if there is no system created or waiting for me to give me a shelter or a security you have to understand that there is no system at all for me or for a sensitive community and this country's because we know in the last years those people who are forced at the worst countries where smugglers to

and government policy pertaining to it yes the government in uganda has passed a law which imposes a tax on social media uses so for next month anyone who wants to use platforms like facebook whatsapp or twitter on their mobile phones will have to pay the government two hundred shillings per day now that work.

let's bring up that now on a story we've been following for a while it's out of uganda attacks and onewhich will affect social media users there so could be pretty much anyone could not read it has been following this one today and actually for a few weeks now and you know well now it's officially been approved by parliament and this tax will be going into effect on july first and it will be costing uses two hundred chilling is the day that's roughly about five cents a present you any must have any says platforms like whatsapp twitter and facebook promotes what he calls online gossiping he says revenue from the tax will help the country's economy however in set dates use won't be tax the president says that it will be useful things like educational purposes research and also reference purposes as well but as we've heard from many ugandans in the lead up to this main development many are still concerned about what the tax will mean and in terms of what it will do now for limiting free speech and also the access to information it's important to note though that it's not the first time th

while he is more supportive of the peace agreement or on the other hand we have uganda ok who wants to make major changes to the peace agreement on the economical side he is more market and investor friendly but he is against same sex marriage and he has also said that he would unify all the higher courts into one entity which has made many suspicious as they think this is a protective measure for his mentor a former president i would even who is being widely investigated focusing for a moment on the peace deal this is of course the the peace till some between the outgoing president and the fark in two thousand and sixteen it was ending or five decades of conflict one could happen in colombia if the peace deal were to be changed. well peace in its current form has been armored for three periods constitutionally but what many fear is that a government of uganda ok who's leading the polls and who has a majority in congress would further slow down this process that has already been problematic because it has not been implemented as the government wanted to we see especially the basis of t

alice to find out what's behind that name and then a disturbing wave of violence against women in uganda prodigiously say they've had enough we'll take a look at what they are demanding from police first though a quick look at somebody with a. thank . you. my. welcome back we're going off the grid now to uganda where women have been protesting in some big numbers what's it all about really well in recent months qual several women in uganda have been abducted people are concerned and are blaming the police for slow response they're demanding justice for their loved ones and saying enough is enough well activists from the women's protest working group have signed a petition stating since may twenty seventh twenty seven bodies of ugandan women have been discovered naked mutilated strangled and sexually violated they are calling on security services to protect law and order troops at the deaths of these women as a national security threat and also to conduct a conclusive investigation into the kidnappings while protesters marched to kampala as police headquarters to deliver that letter taunt

a common story is that refugees are sent on to cover to rwanda or uganda with some cash and that the governments dare look the other way possibly in a deal with israel in the meantime refugees are staying in an open detention center here in israel called talat they are free to leave during the day but have to return by night. the policy that is being now advanced by the prison or a third country which is widely thought to be a wonder there are some arguments that perhaps uganda could be involved as well that policy when it comes to that choice if you were presented with that choice personally prison or forced deportation back to an african country which is not your what choice would you make it's better for me to see your side is what is waiting for me in rwanda already one hundred there is no system created or waiting for me to give me a shelter or a security you have to understand that there is no system at all for me or for a sense of good community and this country's because we know in the last years the people who are forced at the with the countries where smuggling to other cou

a common story is that refugees are sent on to cover to rwanda or uganda with some cash and that the governments dare look the other way possibly in a deal with israel in the meantime refugees are staying in an open detention center here in israel called toilet they are free to leave during the day but have to return by night. the policy that is being now advanced by the prison or a third country which is widely thought to be a wonder there are some arguments that perhaps uganda could be involved as well that policy when it comes to that choice if you were presented with that choice personally prison or forced deportation back to an african country which is not your own what choice would you make it is better for me to see your side is what is waiting for me in rwanda already one hundred there is no system created or waiting for me to give me a shelter or a security you have to understand that there is no system at all for me or for us i'm sick of community and this country's because we know in the last two years those people who are forced to what's countries where smugglers to othe

them out a new program has been announced except deportations to a third country such as rwanda or uganda or end up in an israeli prison. that's here in pockets of relatively deprived southern television but thousands of africans have made their home over recent years we'll hear from some of those who now stand to lose that here until trial just. tekhelet and eden have lived in tel aviv for about ten years now both of them say the reason they fled eritrea was to escape the military it's a familiar story. according to a united nations investigation based on interviews with five hundred refugees around the world the military is in fact a recruitment tool for forced labor tracing its role to the country's long running conflict with its neighbor if the o.p.o. . eritrea gained formal independence from ethiopia in one nine hundred ninety three after a thirty year long armed struggle but since then the situation along the border has remained tense with frequent violent clashes. as a result the military here plays a central organizing role but beyond defending the country it has become an instrum

now to uganda, where hundreds of protesters have marched through the capital kampala, demanding policeidnappings, targeting women. janey mitchell reports. stop the rapists! anger over the murder of more than a0 women in kampala since last year has boiled over into the streets with demands for justice for the victims, many of them young and mothers and whose cases remain unsolved. what sort of society are we living in where 42 women are dead and we are asking what they were wearing, how many boyfriends they had? that is such a rape culture and victim—blaming mentality. among the marchers, ambassadors from the us and france, demanding improved security for staff who are afraid to go out. translation: this violence is intolerable. i am side by side with ugandan women for better protection, because women are the backbone of society. critics say the police response has been inadequate, accusing the ugandan force of devoting too many of its resources against opponents of the country's long serving president, yoweri museveni. but for some marchers, the blame lies with ugandan society as a who

, not makes me the world expert on uganda because i was the. it's the third largest host of refugees in the world and met with a roundtab of folks from six different nations there. they have a policy of welcoming folks, if you want to move to uganda, they'll let you into the school system and use the hospital system and they give you land, so it was clear to me that there was to the extent that there was sort of a lot of -- then there was a philosophy, government philosophy behind it, but it was clear to me that a big part of of thed was make sure that these folks could participate fully in the economy and they are allowed to do that. so what mastercard is doing is thinkingbout how you put it on steroids. you're like fuel injection for that? >> that's right. we have to look beyond buting bags of food or paper vouchers and figure out how to add these people to the digital economy so that wherever they are, you can add them. >> one of the messages in government is don't look to companies like mastercard to write a big check to top up foreign aid.

now to uganda, where hundreds of protesters have marched through the capital kampala, demanding polices, targeting women. janey mitchell reports: stop the rapists! anger over the murder of more than a0 women in kampala since last year has boiled over into the streets. with demands for justice over into the streets. with demands forjustice for over into the streets. with demands for justice for the victims, over into the streets. with demands forjustice for the victims, many of them young and mothers and whose cases remain unsolved. what sort of society are we living in where a2 women are dead and we are asking what they were wearing, how many boyfriends they had? that is such a rape culture and victim blaming mentality. among the marchers, ambassadors from the us and france, demanding improved security for staff who are afraid to go out. translation: this violent is intolerable. i am side by side with ugandan women for better protection, because women are the backbone of society. critics say the police response has been inadequate, accusing the ugandan force of devoting too many of its

we took the horn of africa where again uganda is playing a role. all these partnerships are already coming together and making a difference. in central america where we have a regional compact with the -- again another place where we can help keep people stay home and they want to stay home. we want to be there in a better and safer life. i mentioned the world bank, another area where there's a lot of opportunity, both large refugee settlement, -- host countries li ugan and others, as well as for those countries that aren't that poor but are taking on a lot of refugees. jordan, lebanon, and central columbia and bangladesh. and there is financing available there. i think it is important and one of the jobs that i do have is to share in the u.s. and the caribbean. we are responsible for 24 caribbean countries out of washington. just what we are facing today. and how one can really be helpful. a lot of americans don't think they appreciate or understand but the united states continues to be one of the most generous supporters of refugees and unhcr . i

and government policy pertaining to it yes the government in uganda has passed a law which imposes a tax on social media uses so for next month anyone who wants to use platforms like facebook whatsapp or twitter on their mobile phones will have to pay the government two hundred shillings per day and that works out about five. us cents but bear in mind that for those on low incomes who use social media every day the tax could amount to two three percent or more of their income in a country where mobile data is already pretty expensive but what's this really about is it about the money or is there more to it than that it does depend to your ask the government says it's about raising revenues but critics say it's more about limiting access to information you might recall that president yoweri museveni has left us his finance minister back in march said that the tax would help the country cope with gossip and remember during the last general election in two thousand and sixteen the government blocks access to facebook twitter and what's up which was a move that the president said was to

and government policy pertaining to it yes the government in uganda has passed a law which imposes atax on social media uses so for next month anyone who wants to use platforms like facebook whatsapp or twitter on their mobile phones will have to pay the government two hundred shillings per day and that works out about five u.s. cents but bear in mind that for those on low incomes you use social media every day the tax could amount to two three percent or more of their income in a country. well look here live pictures coming in from singapore with us for i think you've gone from. singapore's prime minister leasing norm there entering into a working lunch this coming a day after the singaporean prime minister met with north korea's leader after kim journal arrived on scene to scramble over forces there a lot of excitement because. this comes just less than twenty four hours before the historic summit between. donald trump and kim jong un will be the first sitting leaders of both countries to meet with the goal of discussing north korea's nuclear program coming to some kind of understa

and government policy pertaining to it yes the government in uganda has passed a law which imposes a tax on social media uses so for next month anyone who wants to use platforms like facebook whatsapp or twitter on their mobile phones will have to pay the government two hundred shillings per day and that works out about five. us cents but bear in mind that for those on low incomes who use social media every day the tax could amount to two three percent or more of their income in a country where mobile data is already pretty expensive but what's this really about is it about the money or is there more to it than that it does depend who you are asked the government says it's about raising revenues but critics say it's more about limiting access to information you might recall that president yoweri museveni has left us his finance minister back in march said that the tax would help the country cope with gossip and remember during the last general election in two thousand and sixteen the government blocks access to facebook twitter and what's up which was the president said was to stop t

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