Status of Uganda's border, customs and ID technology projects

• e-Visa and permit system

  Agency

  Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control ¹

  Start

  1 July 2016 ¹

  Status

  Live ³

  Findings and status date

  An undated NCIC notice told airlines to board travellers without prior e-visa approval during a system upgrade, with visas issued on arrival until the system was restored ²

• East Africa Tourist Visa

  Agency

  Immigration services of Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda ⁵

  Start

  Launched in Kampala on 20 February 2014, as reported ⁴

  Status

  Live ⁵

  Findings and status date

  No official finding found. NCIC lists the fee at US$100, read 24 October 2026 ⁵

• e-Immigration System

  Agency

  Ministry of Internal Affairs ⁶

  Start

  Deployed in Mbarara, Jinja, Mbale, Gulu and 16 missions by April 2021 ⁶

  Status

  Live ⁶

  Findings and status date

  As of 26 April 2021 the ministry said it was integrated with URA, NIRA and NSSF ⁶

• Electronic passport system

  Agency

  Ministry of Internal Affairs ⁶

  Start

  Not dated in the statement read ⁶

  Status

  Live ⁶

  Findings and status date

  As of 26 April 2021 the ministry said turnaround fell from 21 working days to 2 to 4 days and the old passport deadline moved to 4 April 2022 ⁶

• e-Gates at Entebbe

  Agency

  Ministry of Internal Affairs ⁶

  Start

  In use by April 2021 ⁶

  Status

  Live ⁶

  Findings and status date

  As of 26 April 2021 e-Gates served trusted travellers and full border automation was in progress ⁶

• National ID mass enrolment and renewal

  Agency

  National Identification and Registration Authority ⁷

  Start

  27 May 2025 ⁷

  Status

  In progress ⁸

  Findings and status date

  As of 7 September 2026, 15.4 million IDs printed and 10 million issued. Cosase questioned NIRA on the Auditor General's 2025 report and NIRA cited a staffing gap ⁸

• Intelligent Transport Monitoring System and digital number plates

  Agency

  Government of Uganda. National Enterprise Corporation was to receive technology transfer ⁹

  Contractor

  Joint Stock Company Global Security, named by Parliament of Uganda ²²

  Start

  Contract signed 23 July 2021 ⁹

  Status

  Disputed ⁹

  Findings and status date

  On 6 October 2026 the Attorney General told the Physical Infrastructure committee the contract contradicts existing law. The contractor's representative said training had started ⁹

• Digital tax stamps

  Agency

  Uganda Revenue Authority ¹⁰

  Contractor

  SICPA Uganda Limited ¹⁰

  Start

  Extended to cement and sugar in April 2021, as reported ¹¹

  Status

  Live ¹⁰

  Findings and status date

  No official finding read for this guide. URA lists beverages, cooking oil, sugar, tobacco and cement among stamped goods ¹⁰

• ASYCUDA World

  Agency

  Uganda Revenue Authority ¹³

  Start

  Went live about the first week of September 2013, as reported ¹²

  Status

  Live ¹³

  Findings and status date

  A 2023 Auditor General special audit found mis-declaration and undervaluation gaps in customs, as reported on 28 June 2024. URA cited scanners at 45 border posts ¹⁴

• Regional Electronic Cargo Tracking System

  Agency

  Revenue authorities of Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda ¹⁵

  Start

  24 February 2017 ¹⁵

  Status

  Live ¹⁶

  Findings and status date

  As of December 2018 about 21 percent of transit cargo was monitored electronically, per a URA project manager ¹⁶

• Uganda Electronic Single Window

  Agency

  Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives and URA ¹⁷

  Start

  Implementation in 2015 is the baseline URA uses ¹⁷

  Status

  Live ¹⁷

  Findings and status date

  URA says 22 of 30 border agencies and operators issue permits electronically, read 24 October 2026 ¹⁷

• Non-intrusive inspection scanners

  Agency

  Uganda Revenue Authority ¹⁴

  Start

  39 scanners installed in FY2021/22 and FY2022/23, per URA ¹⁴

  Status

  Live ¹⁴

  Findings and status date

  URA said on 28 June 2024 the scanners cost Shs47.9 billion ¹⁴

• Advance Passenger Information

  Agency

  Not named in the source ¹⁸

  Start

  No date ¹⁸

  Status

  Planned ¹⁸

  Findings and status date

  On 18 July 2024 ICAO slides listed Uganda among states developing a legal basis for API ¹⁸

• Traveller health declaration at Entebbe

  Agency

  Uganda Civil Aviation Authority, as reported ¹⁹

  Start

  June 2026, as reported ¹⁹

  Status

  Live ¹⁹

  Findings and status date

  The Italian embassy reported on 1 June 2026 that registration became mandatory, linked to the Ebola outbreak ¹⁹

• Entebbe Airport expansion phase II

  Agency

  Uganda Civil Aviation Authority ²⁰

  Start

  Under way by October 2025 ²⁰

  Status

  In progress ²⁰

  Findings and status date

  On 20 August 2026 Cosase observed baggage scanners for the new terminal not installed. UCAA said some audit issues were addressed ²¹

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