NATIONAL: The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA), under the Ministry of Internal Affairs has finally launched the mass renewal and enrollment of IDs after months of delays.
Speaking at the national launch held in Kampala on Tuesday May 27, 2025, NIRA Executive Director, Rose Mary Kisembo, announced that the exercise the entity targets to renew up to 15.8million cards are to expire between June and August this year.
“June this year, over 15.8 million National IDs issued between 2014 and 2015 are expected to expire, leaving millions of Ugandans in need of renewal to maintain access to government services and to validate their citizenship”, said Kisembo.
According to Kisembo, the exercise also targets to enroll new 17.2 million Ugandans for IDs, bringing the total to 33 million Ugandans.
She said that NIRA currently contains biographic and biometric record of 27.7 million Ugandans including those whose IDs are set to expire.
Kisembo highlighted that during this process, the identify cars will be issued to those who have clocked 16 years and above, and NIN allocated to new registrations of persons who have never registered before.
“Those who have never been registered before and those whose identity cards have expired will be issued the cards for free, while those who want to change particulars and those whose identity cards have been lost have to part with money”, she explained.
The exercise according to Kisembo would be carried out in all parishes across the country and is expected to last for a period of 10 months.
She added that each parish will be equipped with at least 10 registration kits on enrolment days, although the actual number may vary depending on local circumstances.
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