The National Identification Registrations Authority (NIRA) will begin incorporating iris scans in capturing biometric knowledge for people registering to accumulate nationwide IDs.
The Executive Director of NIRA, Rose Mary Kisembo, said that there are at the moment 1 million individuals within the register whose fingerprints didn’t fulfill the necessities. However, the authority additionally makes use of facial recognition to seize biometric knowledge.
Kisembo made these remarks whereas showing earlier than the Committee on Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises to deal with queries within the Auditor General’s report for 2022/23.
