By Editorial,
The National Identification Registration Authority (NIRA) has yet to confirm dates for the mass registration exercise for new national identity cards.
NIRA Executive Director, Rosemary Kisembo says the Authority cannot announce when the registration will start until when it has received the registration equipment.
To address the gap of unregistered citizens, NIRA proposed a mass registration exercise before the end of this year.
The two-month exercise was initially set to start in early June but was delayed.
Kisembo told journalists at Uganda Media Center that project initiation activities commenced on July 29th.
She said NIRA was supposed to submit the register to the Electoral Commission by November 30, 2024. End.
