A section of the opposition members of parliament have protested the tax levied on the diapers by government calling it insensitive that aims at hardening the lives of mothers who are still in the productive age and also the adults with non-communicable diseases who use the diapers.
Last week parliament approved the tax on diapers with an aim of collecting 2.6 billion shillings in the Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2023 which proposed exemption on payment of tax on adult diapers but the Members of Parliament put up a spirited fight against the proposal.
Addressing journalists at parliament the shadow minister for information and anti-corruption Joyce Bagala Ntwatwa who is also the Mityana district woman MP noted that many Ugandans are suffering from non-communicable diseases and they need diapers for health reasons.
Kiboga district woman MP Christine Kaaya Nakimwero who is also the shadow minister for environment noted that for government to impose tax on diapers on grounds of environment protection is not justifiable but they need to bring a policy on waste diaper management.
Luweero district woman MP who is also the shadow minister for education Brenda Nabukenya noted that the money government is aiming to get from imposing tax on diapers can be got if corruption is minimized.
During the debate on the taxation of the diapers the shadow minister for finance Muwanga Kivumbi presented a minority report opposing the tax on diapers saying that the committee’s findings that diapers are not bio-degradable were not based on facts, but the report was rejected by majority of the MPs.
