Kasumba says while death can be notified from the community, they prefer notification from health facilities, as this usually comes with clear details on the individual’s cause of death. Currently, however, he says very few Ugandans are taking this registration seriously, with even health facilities where 34% of all deaths happen not notifying the majority of deaths.
The company finds itself in financial hardships because NIRA, a supposed client and partner is refusing to cooperate to give business to USPC. Both are state entities.
The CSOs want the district to produce accountability of 234,969,000 Shillings collected by the schools during registration at the beginning of third term in 2022.
The Congolese who have settled in Uganda for all those years and those born in Uganda but without formal documents were previously able to access all social and commercial services like banking, travel documents, health, education and sim card registrations among others.
Presidential candidate Willy Mayambala has said he plans to send Ugandans text messages if he can get their phone numbers of Ugandans from the National Registration and Identification Authority (NIRA) as a means to reach many voters.
Some of the prominent faces are; Kyagulanyi Robert Ssentamu the President National Unity Platform (NUP) and Alliance for National Transformation (ANT)’s President General Mugisha Muntu.
The State Minister for Gender and Culture who doubles as the Bunyangabu District Woman Member of Parliament, Peace Regis Mutuuzo, says that the beneficiaries were selected from a list generated by the National Identification and Registration Authority – NIRA in the district.
Joseph Biribonwa, the former Vice Chairman of the Electoral Commission, boasts of more than 40 years of professional experience, in the area of democracy and governance, management and administration and finance and corporate governance.
According to the revised guidelines, the teachers are now required to have a national identity card and certified copies of academic documents before they can register on the Teacher Management Information System-TMIS. Previously, teachers were required to have education certificates and a copy of an identity card of their former schools.