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NIRA was created by the Ugandan parliament on 26 March 2015 in the law known as the Registration of Persons Act 2015.Before then, registration of personal vital data was gathered under various laws by different government agencies, including the Uganda Registration Services Bureau, the Electoral Commission, the Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control, the Uganda Revenue Authority ...
The Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) is a semi-autonomous government agency, established by Act of Parliament in 1998 in Uganda.URSB is responsible for civil registrations (including marriages and divorces but not including births, adoptions, or deaths), business registrations (setups and liquidations), registration of patents and intellectual property rights, insolvency and ...
NIRA's responsibilities include creating and maintaining a database of personal identities for citizens and legal residents. [3] The agency issues a unique identification number, known as the National Identification Number (NIN), [ 4 ] which is intended to facilitate the recognition of individuals and their access to various services.
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According to Ugandan laws, Rosemary Kisembo, in her capacity as the executive director of NIRA, became a member of the board of directors and is the secretary of that board. [3] It is expected that under her leadership, NIRA will re-configure the National Registration Card, making it electronically active and adding more features.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs is a cabinet-level government ministry of Uganda.It is responsible for the facilitation of "legal and orderly movement of persons to and from Uganda, regulate the residence of immigrants in the country, verify and process Uganda citizenship and enforce national and regional immigration laws for the development and security of Uganda". [1]
For three years, ending December 2009, she served as the Head of Legal & Surveillance and Company Secretary at the Uganda Securities Exchange. [3] Between July 2012 and June 2015, she served as the Board Secretary of Uganda Registration Services Bureau. [4] [5] She was sworn in as the new Executive Director of NIRA on 15 July 2015. [6]
Persons born in Uganda who belong to one of the sixty-five indigenous communities defined in the constitution of Uganda by virtue of having a parent or grandparent who lived in the territory on 1 February 1926; or [13] [14] [Notes 1] Foundlings or orphans under the age of five whose parents are unknown. [16] [17] [Notes 2]