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 …
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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 …
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Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | State Minister for Internal Affairs General David Muhoozi has warned Internal Security Officers and village Chairmen against accepting bribes to recommend non-citizens for mass enrollment and renewal of National Identification cards. The National Identification Registration Authority is expected to embark on the mass enrollment and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Identification Registration Authority is to begin nationwide enrolment and renewal exercise for national identification cards in June this year. Rosemary Kisembo the Executive Director of NIRA while speaking to journalists on Monday highlighted that the exercise will take place at the NIRA centers …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Identification Registration Authority (NIRA) is considering a bold move ahead of the upcoming mass national ID enrollment: requiring all Ugandans to surrender their current cards before receiving new ones. This proposal, intended to streamline the process and address widespread issues, has sparked both …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Executive Director of the National Information Registration Authority (NIRA), Rosemary Kisembo says that the Authority has failed to commence mass enrolment of 17.2 million Ugandans due to funding gaps. While appearing before Parliament’s Defence and Internal Affairs Committee on Wednesday, Kisembo also revealed …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Identification Registration Authority (NIRA) and Police have started operations against money lenders confiscating National Identify Cards. Osborn Mushabe, the NIRA spokesperson said many money lenders have continued to defy warnings and have continued taking National IDs as security for loans. Mushabe said a …
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COMMENT | Samson Tinka | On 22nd Aug 2023, I started a process of acquiring my children’s passports. One of the requirements is that children applying for passports must have birth certificates from NIRA. That condition alone almost stopped me from starting the passport acquisition process. For many years, the NIRA …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |The National Identification Registration Authority (NIRA) asked Ugandans to register for birth certificates one of the crucial documents for Ugandans. “The state reserves all rights to register all births in the country and this function was assigned to NIRA. We have a new system and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a bid to beat the school reopening deadline set for next month, the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) scaled up operations around the country in a bid to register learners. Exam bodies UNEB and NIRA early this week announced a mass registration exercise …
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