On July 6, concerned citizens and civil society advocates issued a joint press statement calling on Ugandans to avoid paying the tax by using alternate methods to exchange money and access social media, and to join a "National Day of Peaceful Protest Against Unfair Taxation" on Wednesday, July 11, 2018. 
Mnamo Julai 6, raia walioguswa na mwenendo huo na mambo kwa kushirikiana na mawakili wa asasi za kiraia walitoa tamko la pamoja kwa vyombo vya habari wakizungumzia masuala kadhaa ikiwemo kuwataka wa-Ganda kuepuka kulipa kodi hiyo; kutumia mbinu mbadala za kufanya miamala ya fedha pamoja na kuunganishwa na mitandao ya kijamii; na kuunga mkono "Siku ya Taifa ya Maandamano Dhidi ya Kodi ya Dhuluma" mnamo Jumatano, Julai 11, 2018.