KAMPALA.
The National Identification and Registration Authority(Nira) has revealed that 100,000 renewed national IDs are ready for picking.
On May 27, mass enrollment for new national IDs started at all parishes countrywide.
Addressing the weekly media briefing at Police Headquarters in Kampala on Monday, Nira registrar, Ms Claire Ollama said the national IDs which are ready have been dispatched to various districts and owners will collect them from stations where they had their biometric data captured.
“So far 100,000 national ID cards have been printed and sent to various districts. We however ask Ugandans to be patient as more people will receive notifications on where to pick their national ID cards,” Ollama said.
She said the new national IDs have a security feature that uses laser engraving to embed multiple images within the card, visible at different angles, enhancing security against counterfeiting.
“They also have Machine Readable Zone which is a standardized section on identity documents containing encoded data that can be quickly and reliably read by machines , just like passport readers.”Ms Ollama added
IDs also have a two-dimensional barcode containing data readable by smartphones or specialized scanners, commonly used for storing URLs, text, or identification data, or encrypted date and also 2D barcode to decode information stored in barcodes (linear or 2D) printed on cards or documents, enabling rapid data retrieval and verification .