National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA)

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August 10, 2022

OTAFIIRE: National IDs Expire In 2024, Everyone To Apply For New One

The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) will start a new round of the national identity card registration exercise for all Ugandans in June next year, as the current IDs expire in

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June 6, 2024

Broke NIRA Defers Mass Enrollment,Renewal Of National ID Cards To July

The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) has postponed the mass enrollment and renewal of exercise for new national identity cards. The exercise was supposed to roll out on June 1, 2024,

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May 5, 2023

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

Ugandans Without National IDs To Be Excluded From Receiving Services -NIRA

Osborn Mushabe, the Public relations Officer at National Identification Registration Authority (NIRA), has said that Uganda has over one Million people without identity proof, which leaves them vulnerable and excluded from services.

September 12, 2023

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NIRA, Gender Ministry Join Forces To Champion Children’s Rights Through Promoting Birth Registration

By Peter Okwalinga Kampala, Uganda – In commemoration of the Day of the African Child, the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) joined forces with the Ministry of Gender, Labour, and Social

June 24, 2023

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Big Move! NIRA, MUCHAP Collaborate To Scale Up Death Registration in Iganga, Mayuge Districts

Iganga: In a groundbreaking initiative aimed at addressing the low death registration rates in Uganda, the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) has partnered with the Makerere University Center for Health and

May 31, 2023

National News

NIRA, Parliament Strengthen Bonds Through Friendly Football Match

By Peter Okwalinga Kampala: The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) and the Parliament of Uganda came together for a friendly football match today, at the Philip Omondi Stadium in Lugogo, the

May 19, 2023

Sports

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

May 8, 2023

National News

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

March 11, 2023

National News

Defence Committee To Probe New Firm Over Digital National IDs

The committee on Defence and Internal Affairs is considering investigating a new firm contracted by the Government to print ‘smart’ and ‘digital’ national identity cards. In 2018, the government entered into a

November 29, 2022

Security

NIRA To Kick Off Mass Enrolment & Renewal Exercise Of National IDs Ahead Of 2025 Expiry

The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) with mandate of registering all Ugandan citizens has announced the mass ID enrollment and renewal exercise which is set to start in June 2023 and

November 29, 2022

National News·Trending·Uganda

OP-ED: I Urgently Need To Inherit Dr Paul Kawanga Ssemogerere’s Big, Black Book

OBITUARY | Alfred Geresom Musamali | Now that former Democratic Party (DP) President-General Dr Paul Kawanga Ssemogere is dead, I urgently need to inherit one of his intellectual property items – to wit,

November 19, 2022

Op-ed·Politics

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

August 12, 2022

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