KAARO KARUNGI | KAMPALA – Court has dismissed with costs, a case in which MTN was chall MTN LOSES Shs50.7b LICENCE CASE TO UCC enging the legality of the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) directive to pay $14.14m (more than Shs50.7b) as transition licence fee for the three year transitional period.
High Court Judge Musa Ssekaana ruled that there was no impropriety in UCC’s decision to impose transition fees based on a pro-rated assessment and that the same was fairly arrived at and guided by the amount paid for of $100m in the currently renewed licence.