In 2015, Commercial Court Justice Christopher Madrama ruled in Katuntu vs Mtn Uganda Ltd & Anor that mobile money services offered by telecommunication companies, although acting as financial institutions lay outside the purview of the Bank of Uganda. This development prompted lawyer Mathew Kiwunda to sue the Attorney General, to prohibit government from continuing to levy, impose and collect taxes on all mobile money transactions in the country until proper legislation is enacted. Prominent lawyer, Fred Muwema has also put his gloves on in the ring and has threatened to sue the state, arguing that passing the mobile money tax…