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A cyber cafe. Districts are grappling with maintenance challenges and a number of portals are turning into white elephants. Photo/FILE

A cyber cafe. Districts are grappling with maintenance challenges and a number of portals are turning into white elephants. Photo/FILE 

By ESTHER OPANDE  (email the author)
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Posted  Monday, November 2  2009 at  00:00

UCC generates money through its one per cent levy on annual revenues of telecoms companies operating in Uganda as per licensing obligations.

Over the years, MTN, Uganda Telecom and Zain have contributed to nearly half of this investment in rural communications development, but district leaders are pushing for more.

With three other operators — Warid, Orange and I-Telecom — in the market now, it is expected that RCDF money will increase significantly.

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