All posts tagged "Simon Peter Mundeyi"

Pakistani Embassy distances self from Rugiirwa’s controversial diplomatic passport

Kampala, (UG):- The Pakistani Embassy in Kampala has vehemently denied authorising the issuance of a diplomatic passport to embattled businessman Rugiirwa Katatumba,...

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Immigration disowns Rugiirwa’s diplomatic passport, summons him to explain source

Kampala, (UG):- The Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control (DCIC) has summoned Mr Rugiirwa Katatumba, the son of a former Pakistan ambassador,...

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Govt recovers 2,000 passports from labour export companies

The Ministry of Internal Affairs Tuesday said it recovered over 2,000 passports from labour export companies who had seized them from domestic...

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Immigration stuck with over 40,000 unclaimed passports

Kampala, (UG): The Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control (DCI) has revealed that they are stuck with more than 40,000 passports unclaimed...

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Man shows up with snake at immigration offices, says it’s his brother

Kampala, (UG): The Immigration office in Kampala witnessed dramatic scenes after a man, casually dressed showed up at the ministry’s security gate...

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Eight Chinese nationals arrested over illegal stay in Uganda

MUKONO, (UG): The enforcement team in the Immigration Office on Monday arrested eight (8) Chinese nationals over lack of valid work permits...

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Uganda suspends travel to Denmark over passport claims

Mr Mundeyi explained that the government had fulfilled all the standards required by International Civil Aviation and Organizations (ICAO), and Ugandan passports...

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Ugandan man wants six children’s passports cancelled after DNA test reveals they’re not his

The man who works in Europe was forced to take all the six children for DNA testing after a quarrel he had...

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Number of men seeking DNA tests for children increases – Internal Affairs

The Ministry spokesperson Mr Simon Mundeyi said the percentage of men demanding DNA service for their children has increased by 70 percent.

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Uganda to open new passport issuance centre in Beijing

The new passport centre according to the ministry spokesperson, Simon Mundeyi will be officially opened on May, 2, 2023.

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Ministry of Internal Affairs stuck with 20,000 uncollected passports

Mundeyi appealed to all Ugandans who applied for these passports but are not picking them up to date and those who haven’t...

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LIST: Here are 40 countries Ugandans can travel to without a VISA

According to the Immigration department, this means that also travellers from the listed countries don’t need to apply for a visa to...

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Report shows 75,000 of 100,000 Ugandans in Dubai were trafficked

According to Mundeyi, there are many fraudulent companies trafficking Ugandans and the victims never bothered to crosscheck with the Ministry of Gender,...

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Gov’t resumes passports production at full capacity

Mr Mundeyi explained that the ministry had in May this year scaled down the production of passports to about 1,000 per day...

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Crime

LC1 Chairperson on the run after security retrieves stolen goats from his home

The chairperson who got suspicious tried to direct the tracking team in a different direction but they insisted until they landed on...

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Over 100 foreigners arrested so far for dealing in petty businesses – Immigration

Of these, at least 60 have been arrested in Kampala Metropolitan Area for mostly been abusing their work permits or living illegally...

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99% of Ugandans don’t have passports, says Internal Affairs Ministry

This, according to Mundeyi is partly attributed to the low applications to the high cost of passports, people’s mentality that passports are...

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Crime

Over 30 Asian nationals arrested in Kampala without working permits

The individuals mostly of Indian, Pakistani, and Chinese origin were arrested for working in the city centre without clearance of the immigration...

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Over 40,000 unclaimed passports to be destroyed by September, says Govt

The Internal Affairs PRO Simon Peter Mundeyi explained that passports slated for destruction in two months time are those that were applied...

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