Ugandan lawmakers are worried that the rollout of the country’s new generation of biometric national ID cards by June 1, already late by one year, could face further problems due to hiccups in preparations and a lack of adequate funding for the project.
The lawmakers have also pointed to the inadequate number of enrollment staff of the National Identification Registration Authority (NIRA) and delays in procuring equipment as some of the problems requiring expedient action. These concerns were raised this week as Uganda’s State Minister for Internal Affairs, General David Muhoozi, was in parliament to explain the project and the timeline for its implementation.
