The renewal of the first batch of National Identity Cards slated to expire starting later this month has been extended for another year, the government has said.
According to the National Identification Registration Authority (Nira) website, “the first batch of National Identity Cards totaling to 15.8 million were printed and issued out during the National Security and Information Systems Project in the year 2014/2015 and shall expire between August 2024 and June 2025.”
The State minister for Internal Affairs, Gen David Muhoozi, told the parliamentary Committee on Defence and Internal Affairs yesterday that the cards will start expiring on August 26.
Gen Muhoozi said the ministry is drawing up a contingency plan to contain any issues that may arise as a result of the expiry of the IDs.
“…the extension is by one year so that we ensure that people don’t get upset in what they do,” Gen Muhoozi told MPs, adding, “a statutory instrument was published on Monday [August 12] in the gazette. So this should sort out the anxiety that was starting in the public regarding what to do between now and when they get new IDs.”
