Tag: National Identification & Registration Authority (NIRA)

PLU Mobilizers Seek Support and Recognition from Party Leadership Amid Post-Election Grievances

Mobilizers of the Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU) have called on the league’s top leadership to recognize and reward their efforts during the recently concluded presidential elections, in which their endorsed candidate, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni,...

NUP Calls on Religious, Cultural Leaders to Speak Out Against Human Rights Violations in Uganda

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The National Unity Platform (NUP) leadership has urged religious leaders, cultural leaders, and all opinion leaders to raise their voices against human rights violations in Uganda, stressing that silence only emboldens the perpetrators. Addressing the press at...

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Government to Curb Land Fraud with Blockchain and AI...

In a decisive move to curb fraudulent land transactions, the Ugandan government is in the final stages of introducing...

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NUDIPU Registers Progress with Disabled Inmates’ Welfare

several inmates with disabilities have been exempted from tiring activities such as lining up for food and standing on parades for long periods, among others.

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Banyarwanda Community Rejects Citizenship Validity Report by Parliament

The constitution now limits citizenship by birthright only to persons whose parents or grandparents belong to one of the indigenous groups of Uganda. Meanwhile, Uganda has 56 tribes, and about nine Indigenous communities formally came to be recognized in the 1995 constitution amendment of 2005.

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NIRA Declines National ID Issuance to Non-Citizens over Foreign...

Citizenship by birth in accordance with Article 10 of the 1995 Constitution of the Republic of Uganda emphasizes that the applicant must be belonging to the five indigenous communities and his or her grandparents must have been living in Uganda by 1926, when the borders of the country were demarcated.

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