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Ugandans without the National Identification Number (NIN) will not be able to enter valid marriages.

The Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB), the government agency responsible for civil registrations, issued the notice of mandatory requirement in early August to places of worship and other stakeholders licensed to sanctify marriages on behalf of the government.

Mr Denis Nabende, the URSB public relations manager, confirmed the development. He said all marriages, including customary, church, and civil, would now require one to have a national ID.

NIN is a set of numbers assigned to an individual upon successful enrolment by the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA). It is an 11-number unique identifier assigned to an individual.

“Before, churches would not require any IDs. For instance, if one wanted to get married, maybe in the Catholic Church, one would present a baptism card. Nowadays, that baptism card cannot be your ID because there would be no proof of the person presenting it,” he said.

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