Thread by @CRC4D

Uganda’s ID is NOT inclusive. There is NO World Bank report that says it is 1/

Attorney-General Kiryowa Kiwanuka is wrong to claim otherwise.

monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/na…

Uganda’s ID is NOT inclusive. There is NO World Bank report that says it is 2/

@WorldBank #ID4D is sitting on ID coverage data 2021. Its latest data for 2017: 18.6% not covered. They are, consistently, vulnerable people, incl. SAGE beneficiaries.

id4d.worldbank.org/global-dataset

Uganda’s ID is NOT inclusive. There is NO World Bank report that says it is 3/

In fact, ID coverage has only gotten worse, as per various sources, including NIRA

Cf. our: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…, and

chrgj.org/wp-content/upl…

Uganda’s ID is NOT inclusive. There is NO World Bank report that says it is 4/

A USAID, Makerere School of Public Health Study put the exclusion in 2019 at 21.1% (=who have no ID/NIN)

Uganda’s ID is NOT inclusive. There is NO World Bank report that says it is 5/

NIRA’s own data 4 March 2020: 18,320,416 16+ people have ID/NIN. UNDESA WPP 2022: 16+ ppl Uganda 22,999,836. I.e., 20.3% have no ID.

They are not the well-to-do in Kampala.

monitor.co.ug/uganda/oped/le…

Uganda’s ID is NOT inclusive. There is NO World Bank report that says it is 6/

This Research ICT Africa study also reports exclusion:

Uganda’s ID is NOT inclusive. There is NO World Bank report that says it is 7/

This Research ICT Africa study also reports exclusion:

researchictafrica.net/wp/wp-content/…

Uganda’s ID is NOT inclusive. There is NO World Bank report that says it is 8/

The UN Capital Development Fund reported in 2021 the deficiency of digital inclusion, especially for the elderly (add: the poor)

ides.uncdf.org/2021/UGA

Uganda’s ID is NOT inclusive. There is NO World Bank report that says it is 9/

The UN Capital Development Fund reported in 2021 the deficiency of digital inclusion, especially for the elderly (add: the poor)

Uganda’s ID is NOT inclusive. There is NO World Bank report that says it is 10/

Instead of stubbornly claim a fiction Uganda's judges can be the adult in the room.

What is worse, early 2022 Ms. Kisembo reported, in one and the same podcast apparently, 1/ a percentage of people over 16 without ID cards of 29.8% (coverage 70.2%), and 2/ a percentage of people over 16 without ID/NIN of 37% (coverage 63%)!! A numbercruncher the new CEO is not.