According to Uganda’s constitution, it’s
legible for every citizen aged18 and above to possess a national identification
card. On July 15, 2013 the immigration board started issuing out in Kampala at East Kololo primary school as well as Uganda museum .on July 29, 2013, the exercise
will then be spread out in the all of Kampala and eventually to far districts.
However, citizens that qualify for
these ids are those whose bio metrical information was captured during the
national voter’s registration exercise that occurred in 2010. Those that missed
out on the above exercise have been given chance to register by 2015 December
Importance of national id
Timely registration and monitoring
of citizenship birth, marriages, deaths, aliens and refugees etc
- Provision of social services such as education, health, cross border immigration and passport control
- Employment-pension contributions, benefits and insurance
- Law enforcement that is ability to track illegal activities and criminals e.g financial transactions, money laundering etc
- Electoral processes
- Tax administration that is collection and management of taxes
- National population statistics (censuses, surveys, segregation and monitoring trends for planning purposes etc)
It is for this reason that Article
18 of the Constitution specifically states that “The state shall register every
birth, marriage and death occurring in Uganda”. In addition, Article 16 of the
Constitution establishes the National Citizenship and Immigration Board whose
functions as spelt out in the Citizenship and Immigration Control Act include:
- Registering and issuing national identity cards to the citizens of Uganda.
- Issuing Ugandan passports and other travel documents
- Granting and cancelling citizenship by registration and naturalization
- Granting and cancelling immigration permits
- Registering and issuing national identity cards to both Ugandans and aliens etc.
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