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NIRA Sensitizes Buganda Cultural Leaders on Birth Registration
Kampala, Uganda – The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) joined the Ministry of Health in an engagement meeting aimed at sensitizing Buganda cultural leaders about the dangers and the preventive measures of TB and Leprosy in the country. NIRA leveraged this occasion to appeal to cultural leaders to sensitize their communities, pregnant mothers, women…
NIRA Scandal: Mps Demand Forensic Audit Of National IDs Funds Mismanagement
Members of Parliament have adopted a report recommending a forensic audit of the national identification registration of learners undertaken by the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA). The report of the Committee on Defence and Internal affairs on the petition and oversight visits on operations of the National Identification and Registration Authority recommended that the…
NIRA Rallies Midwives to be Birth Registration Ambassadors
Soroti: The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) joined midwives in celebrating the International Day of Midwives today. The event, which took place at Soroti Sports Ground, aimed to honor midwives for the crucial role they play in saving and transforming lives of mothers and children. Speaking at the event, NIRA Executive Director Ms. Rosemary…
NIRA Extends Renewal Of National IDs To 2025
Internal Affairs State Minister, Gen David Muhoozi has said the national Identity cards that expire in 2024 will remain valid for another year. Gen Muhoozi led a team of technocrats including officials from the National Committee on Defence and Internal Affairs on Thursday, 15 August 2024. The minister said the extension is contained in a…
NIRA ED On Spot For Influence Peddling In The Recruitment Of Unqualified PRO
National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) Executive Director Rosemary Kisembo is on the spot over cancellation of a job advertisement in the New vision calling for suitable candidates to fill the position of Manager Public Relations and Corporate Affairs citing that it was advertised in error. The capital times has learnt that on 19th December…
NIRA Bududa Office Stuck With 4,000 Unclaimed National IDs
The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) in Bududa district is stuck with more than 4,000 uncollected national identity cards. Bududa district NIRA ICT officer John Ssekanjako says that despite taking the IDs to sub-county headquarters, the owners have failed to show up and pick them. He said most of the uncollected IDs are for students and…
NIRA Breaks Silence On Status Of Current National IDs
Reports circulating on social media detailing a resolution of Uganda’s Cabinet on National Identity Cards (IDs) have been dismissed as untrue. The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) sent out a response on twitter, describing the news as ‘fake news’. “We would like to clarify that, there has not been any pronouncement to ‘scrap off…
Nine Deadly Killers Arrested With 2 UPDF Guns At Uganda-Congo Border
The Police Flying Squad, working with the police teams in Bundibugyo has arrested 9 suspects in connection to the aggravated robberies that occured in 2019 in the districts of Bundibugyo, Bunyangabo and other surrounding areas. The arrest of the 9 suspects on the 9th January 2020 also led to the recovery of two(2)AK 47 guns,…
Nine Dead, Five Injured In Luwero Road Accident
Eight women and one man have died while five other people sustained serious injuries in a fatal road crash at Sinalya village in Bombo town council, about 38 kilometers into Luweero district along the Kampala-Gulu highway. The crash occurred after two vehicles collided at around 3pm on Saturday afternoon. It involved a commuter taxi, a…
Nile Breweries Donates 300 Oxygen Cylinders to Save Covid-19 Patients
As a way of reducing the rising scarcity of oxygen in the health facilities, Nile Breweries Limited has boosted the health ministry with over 300 oxygen cylinders to save Covid-19 patients. The donations were handed over to the Prime Minister Rt Hon. Robinah Nabbanja on Wednesday July 21, 2021 by Nile Breweries Legal and Corporate…