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Passport office closes temporarily for upgrades

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | All passport-related services have beem suspended for two days starting Wednesday to allow for a systems upgrade, the Internal Affairs Ministry announced. Johnson Namanya, the commissioner for Citizenship and Passport Control said that this is the first major system upgrade since the passport services went electronic …

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Regional offices to start processing E-passports

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Internal Affairs has revealed plans to start processing E-passports at its regional centres. The Commissioner of Citizenship and Passport Johnson Namanya on Tuesday said that they are planning to equip the regional offices in Mbale, Mbarara and Gulu districts in March and …

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Uptake of E-passport still low –immigration

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  About 200,000 Ugandans have renewed and upgraded to electronic passports, a year since the introduction of the new passport. The process which started in January 2019, was undertaken to comply with guidelines set by the International Civil Aviation Organisation. The passport is embedded with a …

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