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An official attached to the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA), Joshua Ekule, has been remanded to prison after being accused of extorting money from residents seeking national identity cards.Ekule was arrested during an operation by Soroti Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Imran Muluya in collaboration with the District Internal Security Officer (DISO) and the police, following numerous complaints from residents …

Viewers: 90,001 By Spy Uganda Three leaders of a Parish Development Model (PDM) SACCO in Kalaki District have been charged before the Kaberamaido Magistrates Court over allegations of extorting money from hundreds of beneficiaries by falsely promising to secure them access to government support funds. The accused were arraigned on Monday by the State House Anti-Corruption Unit in collaboration …

By Guest Writer Major cases of extortion are perilously affecting the registration and issuance of national identity cards to the mandatory citizens in Teso sub-region. These cases are currently being perpetuated by the registration assistants who are on temporary employment. The Soroti National Identification Registration Authority (NIRA) office which was established in 2014, has about 10 registration assistants, all temporary …

Amos Tayebwa, Mbarara The Office of the Mbarara City Resident City Commissioner has established that most Chairpersons LC one and two overcharge the land owners and the land brokers in Mbarara City when giving stamps during land agreements and transactions. This has raised alerts to the authorities especially the office of the RCC Mbarara City after the outcries from the …