Rwanda: Turn for Kicukiro and Gasabo to Receive New Electronic IDs

Posted to the web 5 August 2008 Eddie Mukaaya Kigali Following the inauguration of the new electronic national identity cards (Indangamuntu) by President Paul Kagame mid last month, the issuing exercise has now reached Kicukiro and Gasabo districts. Issuing of the national IDs will follow the same order that the registration and photography exercise took. The issuing of the new IDs began in Nyarugenge district mid last month.. According to Pascal Nyamurinda, the National ID Project Coordinator, the exercise in Kigali city is expected to end in the next two weeks. "We are issuing to Kicukiro and Gasabo residents alongside those of Nyarugenge in order to finish in time and then proceed to other parts of the country," he explained. The activity will then head to the Southern Province, starting with Kamonyi district, followed by... [read full story]