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Uganda SIM card registration woes

Ugandans register their SIM Cards at an MTN service centre in Kampala, Uganda. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

By  Bernard Busuulwa

Business reporter in Kampala, Uganda

Nation Media Group

In April, keen to beat the May 15 mobile phone number validation deadline set by the Uganda Communications Commission, a local journalist walked into an MTN Uganda service outlet and presented his national ID.

Soon after, the staff captured his photo and thumbprints then verified his ID via the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA). Then he left.

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