Browsing: National Identity Cards
NAIROBI, Kenya — The government is seeking to trace more than 557,000 Kenyans whose national identity cards remain uncollected, as it steps up efforts to…
BUNGOMA, Kenya — Efforts to ensure residents of Bungoma County obtain national identity cards and other civil registration documents are being hampered by shortages of…
KAMPALA, Uganda — The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) is holding more than 5.4 million newly printed national identity cards that citizens have yet…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s rollout of new national identity cards has come under scrutiny in Parliament after MPs raised concerns that failures in the cards’…
BUSIA, Kenya — Detectives in Busia have arrested two suspected gang members and recovered 180 National Identification Cards bearing different names during an operation targeting…
ACCRA, Ghana — For years, verifying a person’s identity in Ghana often involved a familiar routine. A bank teller would examine a national identity card,…
NYANDARUA, Kenya — Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has alleged that residents of Ol Kalou Constituency are being asked to surrender their national identity cards…
NAIROBI, Kenya — The Ministry of Interior is planning to integrate the National Registration Bureau (NRB) database with a new mass surveillance system across five major…
KIKUUBE, Uganda — Residents in Uganda’s Kikuube District have accused some officials attached to the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) of demanding illegal payments…
BUSIA, Kenya — Concerns are escalating in Busia County after residents raised alarm over what they describe as a growing number of Ugandan nationals allegedly…