Difference between revisions of "Uganda"
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| + | **[https://ntv.co.ug/news/govt-to-set-up-dna-database-to-ease-crime-investigations NTV: Gov’t to set up DNA database to ease crime investigations (20th March 2026)] | ||
**[https://www.tuko.co.ke/world/africa/454795-ugandans-have-dna-biometric-data-captured-new-electronic-national-id-cards/ Tuko: Ugandans to Have DNA, Biometric Data Captured in New Electronic National ID Cards (17th May 2022)] | **[https://www.tuko.co.ke/world/africa/454795-ugandans-have-dna-biometric-data-captured-new-electronic-national-id-cards/ Tuko: Ugandans to Have DNA, Biometric Data Captured in New Electronic National ID Cards (17th May 2022)] | ||
**[https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/oped/editorial/go-slow-on-dna-on-ids-3818016 Monitor: Go slow on DNA on IDs (17th May 2022)] | **[https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/oped/editorial/go-slow-on-dna-on-ids-3818016 Monitor: Go slow on DNA on IDs (17th May 2022)] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:38, 24 March 2026
Uganda police have a DNA unit for use in specific investigations but there is no national DNA database. According to Interpol, such a DNA database is planned. Construction of a DNA databank began in 2021. In 2022, plans to include DNA in biometric IDs from 2024 were announced.
Resources
- External links
- Parliament of Unganda: Construction of DNA databank stalls due to lack of land title (26th October 2021)
- Forensic Research: Allele Frequency of 15 Short Tandem Repeats (Strs) in a Buganda Population (Central Uganda): Forensic Utility and Parentage Testing (13th January 2014)
- Uganda Police Force: Uganda Police takes leap into scientific Investigations (17th December 2013)
- Africa Biosystems Limited: Regional Forensic Referral Center Uganda Police Brief (March 2013)
- Press articles
- NTV: Gov’t to set up DNA database to ease crime investigations (20th March 2026)
- Tuko: Ugandans to Have DNA, Biometric Data Captured in New Electronic National ID Cards (17th May 2022)
- Monitor: Go slow on DNA on IDs (17th May 2022)
- Concerns raised as Uganda plans DNA upgrade for biometric ID cards (17th May 2022)
- New Vision: 10 measures the government to undertake to check insecurity (16th October 2019)
- CGTN: Uganda’s Museveni wants DNA database in effort to fight rising crime (1st March 2019)
- AllAfrica: Uganda: Law On Acid Use in Offing (25th November 2015)
- APO: East African Community to Establish Forensic Referral Center (23rd March 2012)
