Uganda: At Last, a National ID?

Registration officers attend to people at the start of the ID registration project at Social Security House Civic center on Kampala Road on April 14. INDEPENDENt/JIMMY SIYAUganda might finally stop being the 'bad boy' of the region

Surname: Museveni. Given Name: Yoweri. Nationality: UGA. Sex: M. Date of Birth:15.09.1944. Card Number: 000000001. Those are some of the entries on President Yoweri Museveni's National Identity card. The President got his card on May 21, 2011 and was the first Ugandan to be issued the card under the project formally called the National Security Information System (NSIS).

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