Tag Archives: national ID

DCIC advises Ugandans blocked by Rwanda, Kenya over ‘expired’ National IDs Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Baker Ssenyonga was heading to Mombasa last week but was blocked for nearly two hours at the Busia border point because his National ID had expired barely two months ago. Despite his explanation …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Identification Registration Authority (NIRA) has decided to shift its mass registration exercise to the parish/ward level. NIRA is currently doing the registration of persons at the district level. Brig. Steven Kwirigira, the director of Operations at NIRA says the shift aims to ensure …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government is yet to release the balance of shillings 366.85 billion to National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) to finance the coming mass enrollment and renewal of National Identification Cards to Ugandans. The nationwide exercise is scheduled to kick off on June 1st, 2024 and …

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 | Two civil society organizations have petitioned the High Court in Kampala seeking to restrain the government from excluding people without national identification cards from the COVID-19 vaccination. The two organizations are; Initiative for Social Economic Rights-ISER and Unwanted Witness who have filed their case before …

One has to be at the NIRA offices in Kololo by 4am to get in the queue, wait for over 8 hours to be processed, and wait for months to get the ID; if at all. But you can always bribe and get it quicker    Kampala, Uganda | MUBATSI ASINJA …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament want a select committee instituted to investigate the National Identity and Registration Authority (NIRA) over failure to issue Ugandans with identity cards. The MPs were on Tuesday debating the communication of the Speaker Rebecca Kadaga, who noted that some Ugandans were frustrated …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | The newly appointed board chairperson of the National Identification and Registration Authority(NIRA), James Biribonwa has tasked the authority management to explain the detailed process of National ID replacement and explain why it takes long. Biribonwa, who was presiding at the inaugural NIRA governing board …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Patients visiting the newly refurbished National Referral Hospital in Mulago will be required to submit their National Identification Numbers to be able to access services, David Nuwamanya, the hospital Principal Administrator has said. Nuwamanya says that the old paper records are currently being migrated …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Medics have identified the absence of a proper tracking mechanism for people who have tested positive to HIV and those on Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) as major bottlenecks in the effective management of HIV in Uganda. They are equally concerned that various HIV/AIDs service providers …