NIRA struggles to enforce births and deaths registration 

The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) is facing challenges in ensuring all Ugandans register births and deaths, despite a population of over 45 million. In 2024, NIRA reported only 27 million people in its system, leaving about 18 million unregistered, according to Stephen Robert Kasumba, NIRA’s Monitoring and Evaluation Manager. “Out of Uganda’s 45…

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NIRA says 100,000 renewed IDs are ready

Claire Ollama, a registrar at the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA), announced during a Monday press briefing today that renewed national ID cards are now ready for collection. “Last week, we began production and successfully printed 100,000 ID cards, which have been distributed across the country,” the multi-lingual Ollama stated. “This marks significant progress…

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