NIIRA EMBARKS ON COMPULSORY CHILD BIRTHS, DEATHS REGISTRATION

By Vanansio Kakogoso

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In Kabale

National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) has embarked on the compulsory registration of child births and death in Kabale district.
This was yesterday revealed by the Public Relations Assistant NIRA, Michael Muganga while speaking in one day training of sub county chiefs and other district civil servants held at White Horse Inn in Kabale Municipality.
Muganga said that the exercise which will take ten days in Kabale will help government to gather data about newly born babies aged between 0-15 years and deaths, right from the community level and hospitals. He added that during the exercise, they will record information about the child’s parent, names and place of birth.
Muganga noted that after registering parents of the newly born child will immediately be issued with a birth certificate.
He said that currently NIRA has been issuing registration of child births and death from Mbarara, Kampala, Arua, Jinja and Gulu district but decided to enroll it to Kabale district to extend services nearer. Muganga noted
that parents who will not register their children will be arrested and prosecuted.

The Senior Registration Officer on Births, Death, and adoption at NIRA, Aratha Akurut cautioned parents against giving wrong information pertaining their children or risk arrest and prosecution.

While closing the training, the Kabale District Principle Secretary James Mugisha asked parents to embrace registration of child births and death to avoid future penalties.

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