The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) has revealed it will hire 11,000 temporary workers across the country to facilitate the forthcoming mass registration exercise.
These are expected to be hired by June, one month before NIRA officially starts issuing the new electronic identity cards, the manager registration and operation at NIRA, Mr. Edwin Tukamuhebwa, said yesterday.
Mr. Tukamuhebwa, who was speaking at the training of Uganda Parliamentary Press Association members by the Uganda Parliamentary Forum on social protection in Kampala, said the temporary staff will be handling Ugandans at the parish level.
In 2021, top officials at NIRA said the government wanted to phase out the current national identity cards by 2024 and replace them with electronic ones.
The State minister for Internal Affairs, Gen David Muhoozi in June last year told parliament that the government would issue “smart digital” IDs once the current versions expire. End.