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The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has asked the government to explain the legal basis for the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) releasing citizens’ records to the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), saying the data was shared without the knowledge or consent of the people concerned.
The party raised the concern during its weekly press briefing and later set out its questions in a post on X on 26 October 2026.
The FDC wants to know under which law NIRA released the records. It also asked what information has been shared between the two agencies, who can access it, and what safeguards protect it. Its final question was what recourse a citizen has if their data is leaked or misused.
The party said these questions go to the protection of citizens’ personal information and to public trust in state institutions that hold sensitive data.
NIRA holds the national identity records of a large share of the population. In August, its Executive Director, Rosemary Kisembo, said the Authority maintains records for more than 35 million Ugandans, representing over 73 percent of the population.
The law that set up NIRA empowers it to share personal identifying information with other government agencies that may require it. The FDC’s questions turn on whether the particular transfer to URA met the conditions that law and the data protection framework set, including consent
