A total of 60,000 renewed national IDs have been received by the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) offices in Kabarole and Fort Portal out of the 179,890 so far registered.
Speaking to Jubilee Radio, Junior Akampurira the NIRA registrar officer for Kabarole district and Fort Portal City, said that the renewal exercise that began last year in May they have so far registered 179,890 IDs, received 60,000 and issued out 29,069 only. He also said that the fresh registrations are 63,074.
Akampurira explained that more cards are still coming since the printing exercise is ongoing. He explained that for the past months issuing of the cards has been taking place at sub county level and currently one has to go to their office
He said that currently at the office they are doing renewals, issuing, fresh registration, and change of particulars hence calling upon the public to embrace the exercise
New IDs to be operational in march
Addressing journalists Earlier this week, NIRA spokesperson, Claire Ollama said the mass renewal and registration exercise that started in May at parishes officially ended on Sunday, February 08.
She however said that by the end of the exercise, at least 10.1 million cards had been printed.
Of these, 7 million cards have been dispatched to the various district NIRA offices around the country. However, of the 7 million cards dispatched, only 2.5 million have been collected by owners,”Ollama said.
Many Ugandans who have already picked their new national IDs have complained that they can’t be used for services like simcard renewal as they can’t be read by machines.