"We have checked against the ID data to establish that they are citizens and the right employees."
A new payroll for all government workers linked to the National Identification Registration Authority and other government agencies is in the pipeline.
Meeting members of the Committee of ICT of Parliament, Peter Kahiigi, the active executive director of National Information Technology Authority (NITA), said the agency had worked with NIRA to establish the authenticity of the employees on the current payroll.
A Science, Technology and Innovations driven economy may soon be a reality in Uganda if Cabinet approves a free and open software being developed.
Speaking at the 7th Africa Conference on Open Source Software at the Commonwealth Resort in Munyonyo on Monday, Mr James Saaka, the executive director of National Information and Technology Authority Uganda, said there is a lot of registered software being used but is very costly.
Read more: UG: New Software Policy to Boost Innovation in Offing
Young ICT innovators fro Uganda will now benefit highly from Uganda's Science fund that has for ages been perceived as a fund be restricted to agro, bio and chemical science innovations.
This was said by Hon Frank Tumwebaze, Minister of ICT and National Guidance at the inaugural stakeholders' dialogue held on July 06, 2017, Sheraton Hotel, Kampala.
Read more: Uganda Government to Support ICT Innovations Under This Science Innovation Fund
They are not using the national backbone infrastructure that government has laid in some parts of the country because its quality is in question.
Ugandans want government and telecommunication companies to develop measures to bring down the cost of internet services to support innovations in ICT and other internet-powered projects in various fields of the economy.
It has emerged that some telecommunication companies, the leading internet service providers in the country, are using their independent internet infrastructure and while others pay private internet firms to deliver it to Ugandans.
People who want to visit Uganda for business or pleasure can now apply for visas and permits online, thanks to the introduction of e-visa system.
The new system, which started functioning this financial year, eliminates earlier bureaucratic procedures which were slow and tedious.
Read more: UG: Government Launches E-Visa to Attract Investment