4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (642+ words) Kampala, Uganda | URN | The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) is grappling with a severe service-delivery crisis. It is emerging the NIRA is holding about 5.4 million newly printed national identity cards that citizens have yet to collect. The backlog, disclosed…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (439+ words) The legislators questioned why the process of obtaining or renewing national IDs continues to take months, saying the delays are locking citizens out of essential services. Mr Eliab Naturinda, the MP Ndorwa West County said prolonged delays in issuing new…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (82+ words) NTV Uganda The Tax Identification Number, or TIN, has for years been used to identify registered taxpayers and facilitate the payment of taxes to the Uganda Revenue Authority. But now, the government has adopted the use of the National Identification…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (410+ words) Justine Kasule Lumumba, Minister of ICT and National Guidance Uganda’s Cabinet has approved the use of the National Identification Number (NIN) as the country’s Tax Identification Number (TIN), in a move intended to simplify tax registration, improve taxpayer tracking and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (214+ words) Company that owns Epik domain registrar throws its hat into the top level domain ring. Registered Agents Inc. has applied for six top level domains, the company announced today. The company disclosed that it applied for.epic,.identity,.mark,.private,....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (448+ words) MOGADISHU — The Office of the Auditor General has notified the Ministry of Finance, the Civil Service Commission, and the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) of a plan to integrate the government payroll system with NIRA’s National Identification System, aimed…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (105+ words) Somali National News Agency Mogadishu, (SONNA) — The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) held a public forum in Mogadishu focused on building public trust and raising awareness of national identification services. The forum was officially opened by NIRA Deputy Director-General…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (534+ words) Lawmakers in Uganda have asked the country’s National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) to provide answers in the wake of widespread outcry that QR codes embedded in the country’s national ID cards can’t be used to authenticate card holders. Parliament…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (198+ words) The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) has warned Ugandans against two websites posing as platforms for fast national ID and certificate services. “These websites are not associated with us. These are SCAMMING websites. These are fraudsters,” NIRA said in…...