NIRA Takes Over Civil Marriage Registration from URSB
The new services offered by NIRA now include managing marriage registries, registering marriages of all kinds, granting licenses to churches for marriage ceremonies, facilitating civil marriages, and providing information on marriages in Uganda, including single status letters.
Yesterday, a significant legislative move occurred as Parliament approved a law transferring the responsibility of conducting civil marriages from the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) to the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA).
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The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) will now oversee civil marriages instead of the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB), thanks to legislation approved by Parliament yesterday.
The URSB Amendment Act, 2024, is part of the Government Policy for Rationalisation of Government Agencies and Public Expenditure (RAPEX). The rationalisation aims to, among others, streamline and harmonise government operations, avoid duplication of roles and save money.
“The Bill [now Act] will delineate the civil registration functions performed by NIRA and URSB, by ensuring that NIRA registers and performs all civil registration functions relating to natural persons in Uganda (from birth, through marriage, to the death of an individual) while URSB performs the civil registration functions in relation to juridical persons and non-incorporated entities in Uganda,” the report of the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs committee that handled the Bill states.
The new services offered by NIRA now include managing marriage registries, registering marriages of all kinds, granting licenses to churches for marriage ceremonies, facilitating civil marriages, and providing information on marriages in Uganda, including single status letters.
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