Ugandans love their freedom of communication and in the last few days and weeks; people have been pondering their next move onto what to actually do so that they can easily access their favourite social media networks that they can use to communicate with their friends and family.
With the introduction of the new social media tax which is commonly known as the OTT tax, very many Ugandans are beginning to find out other ways that they can use to access their favourite social media networks while others have given up on using social media all together.
Today, I would like to give you some great tips that you can use to help you access social media and still enjoy the benefits of social media that you have been enjoying.
Using Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
Some smart Ugandans are now planning to use the Virtual private Networks so that they can be able to access their favourite social media networks.
VPN is a software technology that allows a user to send and receive data online while remaining anonymous in the network. VPNs are able to hide a user’s IP address hence making it impossible to identify where the user is accessing the internet from.
Ugandans first used the VPNs when the government cracked down on social media during the 2016 elections.
The only bad thing that might happen is that some of the authorities in the Uganda Communications Commission might decide to block all the Known VPNs that some Ugandans might be using to access social media and this means that they will not actually be able to access their favourite social media sites.
Accessing social media through using the Public WiFi
Since the social media tax is only attached to the sim cards of the users of a specific telecommunication companies, it is very possible that if a person uses a Public WiFi, he or she will probably be able to access the likes of Facebook, Twitter, and others without paying the dreaded social media tax.
So if a person wants to seriously dodge the social media tax, he or she will need to use services like Rokespots, and WiMax routers as a very good way of dodging the social media tax.
If you truly are fun of social media and cannot live without it, then you should try to use some of the public wiFi that are available in Uganda.
You could point your devices to a different country
Some of the geniuses that we do have in Uganda have suggested that it is possible to access social media if you point your devices to another country that does not actually have social media tax.
According some technology enthusiasts in uganda, if you successfully restore the factory settings of your phone and change the country, you will successfully be able to access social media without having to pay any cent for the OTT tax.
I have not tried it out but you should try it out and if it works, please tell your friends don’t leave them in dilemma.
Getting out of Uganda
Some Ugandans out there are now planning to change their citizenship just because of the social media tax claiming that they are being oppressed and that their freedoms are being crushed by the dictatorial tendencies of the NRM government.
So if you feel nothing is working out for you in Uganda, probably this should be your last resort. But I do hope you will not do that to your mother land.
Stop Using Social media
If everything else is not working and you are willing to live even without socialmedia in the pearl of Africa, you should just quit social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and continue with your normal life like you are still living in a cave.
That’s how bad it could reach. This means that you will accept losing all the benefits of social media and all the friends that you do have online just like that.
Quitting social media will save you from all the stress of the many likes and messages that you do have to answer and read.
Finally, a good citizen has to pay his or her taxes and remember the Good Book says Give to Ceasar what belongs to Ceasar and to God what belongs to God.
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