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Civil Registration System
Uganda
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Uganda
Civil Registration System
Coordination and Technology
Coordination and Technology
Data Sharing
Does the law require that the civil registration authority share data with the agency responsible for producing vital statistics, on a regular and timely basis?
No
Recommended Practice based on International Guidelines
The civil registration agency must submit statistical information collected during registration to the national statistics authority in order for the agency to compile and publish vital statistics. The law should therefore require and enable the regular and timely sharing of data needed for statistical purposes between the civil registration and statistics agency or agencies.
The Uganda Bureau of Statistics is the principal data collecting and disseminating agency for national statistics on a range of topics including “Population” and “Vital occurrences and mortality”. A representative of the Uganda Bureau of Statistics sits on the Board of the National Identification and Registration Authority. There is no procedure for regular data-sharing between the National Identification and Registration Authority and the Uganda Bureau of Statistics. However, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics Act generally requires all lead agencies to cooperate with the Bureau in respect of its functions.
Also, in terms of Section 67 of the Registration of Persons Act, any Government ministry, department or agency may access the information that it requires from the National Identification Register (which includes the birth and death registers), with levels of access to be determined by the Board of the National Identification and Registration Authority.
Does the law block the use of technology, such as electronic collection, transmission and storage of data, within the civil registration system?
No
Recommended Practice based on International Guidelines
The use of computers, tablets and other electronic devices should be permitted for the collection of data for vital events, and it should be permitted for these data to be transmitted between government agencies and officials with the use of mobile technology or the Internet. Some older laws block the use of technology by requiring manual forms or processes,. Laws should enable technology. However, laws be technology neutral and not specify the method and mode of collection, transmission and storage of data in any civil registration system, as this may prevent system upgrades overtime.
The Registration of Persons (Births and Deaths) Regulations specifically authorize a transition to electronic birth and death registers, without specifying any technology.
Is there a national coordinating committee to address issues on the functioning of the civil registration system and its integration with other systems, such as the health sector, vital statistics, national identity system, medicolegal death investigation, and others?
Yes
Recommended Practice based on International Guidelines
To achieve coordination, cooperation, and interoperability amongst various government agencies that govern civil registration, vital statistics compilation and identity management, a stakeholder coordination mechanism should be established. This coordination mechanism can take the form of an inter-agency civil registration, vital statistics and identity management committee, with representatives from each of the stakeholder agencies. Alternatively, a stakeholder coordination mechanism can be a single government agency empowered to coordinate the activities of civil registration, vital statistics and identity management stakeholders and oblige stakeholders to collaborate with the coordinating entity.
The Board of the National Identification and Registration Authority includes key stakeholders: one representative each of the Ministry responsible for internal affairs, the Electoral Commission, the Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control, the Uganda Registration Services Bureau, the National Information Technology Authority – Uganda and the Uganda Bureau of Statistics, and two persons to represent the public. However, there is no representation of the health sector or medicolegal death investigation authorities.
No other national coordinating mechanisms are established in the relevant laws, although the Board has a general power to appoint committees to exercise any powers or functions referred to them by the Board.
