National Identification and Registration Authority

NIRA is also mandated to issue national identification numbers and cards for every citizen and lawfully admitted alien.

[4] 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, various local governments, and others.

NIRA is also specifically charged with developing a National Identification Register of the county's citizens and legally resident non-citizens.

[7] The executive director of NIRA is Rosemary Kisembo an ICT expert and administrator who was sworn in during the year 2021.