July 21, 2021 Residents of Ojama village register for National IDs
In a new report, “Chased Away and Left to Die,” human rights organizations found that Uganda’s national digital ID system, which is key to how individuals access their social rights, leads to mass exclusion.
The report, a collective effort of human rights organizations, is the outcome of seven months of in depth interviews with a multitude of victims, health workers, welfare workers, government officials and other experts on the national ID, referred to by Ugandans as Ndaga Muntu.
The report argues that the Ugandan government has sacrificed the potential of digital ID for social inclusion and the realization of human rights at the altar of national security.