Through its lawyers, the leader of the belgian MTN Uganda denounces a decision"unlawful and irrational" He is the fourth member of the management of MTN Uganda expelled since the beginning of the year At the end of January, the police had announced the expulsions of the French Olivier Prentout and the Rwandan Annie Bilenge Tabura, accused of having wanted to"compromise national security", and then of the Italian Elsa Muzzolin. These evictions are based on a suspicion of tax frauds in the telecom sector According to the ugandan president Yoweri Museveni, who had met with Rob Shuter (executive director of the south african group MTN) at the Davos forum in January, these frauds would be to not declare all of the calls made by users, a practice that has the effect of"depriving the government of some revenue"He had also accused the operators of depleting the subscribers by capturing their limited resources, without offering quality service. These tensions need to be back on the table, twelve and thirteen next march, on the occasion of the top Africa Now, which will be held in Kampala.
