Tag Archives: Gilbert Kadilo

Broker Okia says that he helps up to 15  people on a daily basis, and can collect up to 750,000 Shillings on a good day Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The services of the National Identification Registration Authority (NIRA) have been hijacked by brokers who are now making millions from …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Presidential candidate Willy Mayambala has said he plans to send text messages to Ugandans if he can get their phone numbers from the National Registration and Identification Authority (NIRA). Mayambala says that this move will not only allow him reach several people in parts of …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The National Identification and Registration Authority-NIRA is set to distribute over 1.8 million national identification cards-IDs that haven’t been collected by their owners. According to NIRA, some of the national identity cards have been with the authority since 2014. The nationwide issuance of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Unidentified thugs have broken into the National Identification and Registration Authority-NIRA offices in Luweero town council and made off with several items. The thugs are said to have stolen seven laptops and one desktop computer containing the registration details of applicants for National ID …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | About 500 bodies go unclaimed at the Kampala Capital City Authority – KCCA mortuary every year, according to lead police pathologist, Assistant Inspector General of Police – AIGP Dr Moses Byaruhanga. The police usually have five pathologists conducting postmortems on more than 15 bodies …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has been asked to review the National Identification and Registration Authority-NIRA Act. This request is part of the recommendations contained in the research findings conducted by Unwanted Witness, a human rights organization, in a report titled ‘Uganda’s Digital ID system. A cocktail of discrimination.’ …