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Allegations of extortion and bribery have emerged in Kikuube District against officials of the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA), with residents claiming they are being charged illegal fees to access services that are meant to be free.Residents from Kyangwali and Katikara parishes in Kyangwali Sub-county say NIRA officials conducting the ongoing mass national registration exercise are demanding between Shs …

The High court in Mbale has ordered the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) to release certified registration records of two individuals at the centre of a citizenship dispute involving Namisindwa County MP Metrine Nanzala. The ruling, delivered through the Judiciary’s Electronic Court Case Management Information System (ECCMIS), stems from an election petition filed by Apollo Masika, who is challenging …

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 …

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 …

By Ben Musanje The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) has taken its services directly to the people at the 4th Public Finance Management Conference organized by the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU) at Speke Resort Beach Hotel in Entebbe. Peter Okwalinga, NIRA’s Communications Officer, highlighted that the authority is committed to reaching citizens wherever they gather. …

A National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) registration assistant has been remanded to prison over allegations of illegally disclosing citizens’ personal data to facilitate a suspected human trafficking network targeting young Ugandan women for exploitation in Dubai. Douglas Kaaya, also known as Kasozi, 40, a resident of Buziga in Makindye Division, appeared before grade one magistrate Asuman Muhumuza at the …

By Ben Musanje The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) has denied allegations of staff mismanagement, inefficiencies in payment, and mishandling of registration kits during the ongoing national identity registration project. Claire Ollama, the NIRA Registrar, addressed these concerns during a press conference at police headquarters in Naguru, Kampala, providing a detailed breakdown of the project’s progress, staffing issues, and …

The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA), the very institution entrusted with defining the identity of every Ugandan, is now itself facing an identity crisis after a bombshell Auditor General’s report exposed a trail of inefficiencies, delays, system failures and internal chaos that have left millions of citizens stranded without national IDs. At the centre of the storm is Executive …

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