Withdrawal of presidential election petition leaves `cadre judges’ on the defensive Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | On Feb. 22 former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi in an unsurprising move announced his decision to withdraw his presidential election petition in the Supreme Court in Kampala challenging the declared victory of President …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development has launched government’s National Single Registry for Social Protection. This ushers in a new dawn of planning, implementation and monitoring of social protection programmes in the country. The Registry is a digital platform that consolidates information …
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Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Mbale is hunting for unknown thugs who broke into the offices of the National Identification and Registration Authority- NIRA. The offices are located at Half London ward Northern city division. Rogers Taitika, the Elgon Region Police Spokesperson says that the thugs broke into …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Financial Intelligence Authority-FIA has downplayed the significance of notices being sent to some customers of commercial banks informing them of the identification requirements when making transactions with their banks. Some customers of some banks have been receiving notifications such as, “Dear Customer, as a …
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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 …
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Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local residents of Tenge parish in Geregere Sub County, Agago district have been accused of bartering their national identity cards in exchange for crude alcohol. The Olube Central village LCI Chairperson Vincent Too-Obineka tell URN of a growing wave of complaints being raised against …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 140 politicians have applied for a change in names to correspond with their academic papers ahead of the 2021 elections. Some of those rushing to realign their names are Kyagulanyi Robert Ssentamu, the president of the National Unity Platform (NUP), Gen Mugisha Muntu, …
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Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Northern Regional Football Association is seeking 75 Million Shillings for their activities for the new season. The funds are meant for organizing women football tournaments, paying salaries for the regional staffs and office rent in all the districts in both Lango and Acholi sub-regions. …
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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A total of 5,600 residents of Entebbe municipality picked their National Identity Cards at the temporary centres stationed at Katabi and the municipal council offices. Katabi town council and Entebbe Municipal Council offices were among the 15 centres that the National Identification and Registration Authority …
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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 …
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