The government is proposing to waive taxes on top set boxes that viewers will need to watch TV as the country moves towards switching off analog to digital broadcasting.

The world’s switch off deadline will be in 2015 with countries having to transfer from analog broadcasting to digital technology though East African member states agreed to December 31st 2012.

The state minister for information and communication technology Nyombi Tembo says the proposal is aimed at making the top set boxes affordable for every citizen.

He was speaking today at the common market for Eastern and southern African meeting on digital migration in Kampala.

Tembo says the proposal is still being debated by all stakeholders although he expressed hope that it will go through so that the top set boxes can cost at most 50,000 shillings. These will be needed for anyone to capture TV signals and have more channels.

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