By The government has launched the national ID renewal exercise, beginning with a pilot phase that started on May 2 and will run until May 26, 2025. This initial phase involves the Board of Directors of the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) and top officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The full-scale nationwide registration is scheduled to commence on May 27.
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The exercise comes at a critical time as 15.8 million national ID cards expired and others set to expire in June 2025. Authorities revealed that many of these IDs have already expired, prompting the government to extend their validity temporarily to avoid disrupting access to essential services such as banking, healthcare, and education. This renewal initiative is essential to ensure continuity in public service delivery and national security.
According to the state minister for internal affairs Gen David Muhoozi, Participation in the renewal exercise is free for most citizens. However, he states that individuals seeking to change or correct their personal information will be required to pay a fee of Shs200,000. “Those replacing lost ID cards will pay Shs50,000. The program also targets the registration of 17.2 million new applicants, including children who have reached the age of 16 and are now eligible for their first national IDs”. Muhoozi stated.
He has also highlighted government’s support massively investing in a new National Security Information System, built on the Modular Open Source Identification Platform (MOSIP). The new system introduces enhanced digital infrastructure, including improved biometric features. In addition to facial and fingerprint recognition, updated biometric data will be captured exclusively at designated registration centers for accuracy and security.
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The infrastructure upgrades began in 2024. On August 7 of that year, a contract was signed to supply countrywide registration equipment. Gen Muhoozi states that By February 2025, the government had begun distributing two high-capacity card production machines capable of printing up to 100,000 laser-engraved cards daily. Additionally, “a robust data center featuring 80 servers, firewalls, and other critical communication hardware was delivered and configured between October 2024 and January 2025.”
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