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Uganda: Shs300 Billion ID Deal On Brink of Collapse

MPs are drafting a motion to block the national identity card project. The project faces procurement queries, corruption allegations and cash problems.

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  • 28 November 2011
    National ID Launched
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    NTV Uganda
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    The National I.D scheme for Uganda has been officially launched with Prime minister Amama Mbabazi being one of those to receive the crucial ... see more »

  • Uganda:   MPs Attack Government Over ID Deal

    Monitor, 1 December 2011

    Parliament has asked the government to explain why Ugandans have not yet received national identity cards, expressing concern over delays in the completion of the project. Read more »

  • Uganda:   Fresh Rot Revealed in National ID Deal

    Monitor, 30 November 2011

    Equipment worth billions of shillings bought to make national identity cards is rotting away or has been stolen but government now wants MPs to approve more than Shs100 billion in… Read more »

  • Uganda:   Firm Given Billions, Makes Only 400 IDs

    Monitor, 29 November 2011

    A German firm has only produced 400 national identity cards a year after it was hurriedly recruited outside official procurement methods and given billions of taxpayer money. Read more »

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