Don’t take national ID cards as collateral for loans, Uganda govt warns again

Uganda’s Minister of Information, Communications Technology and National Guidance, Chris Baryomunsi, has warned that the practice of money lenders asking for the national ID cards of borrowers as collateral is illegal and must be discontinued forthwith.

This is the second time the government is sending out this warning in a little over a year. The police made a similar call in April last year.

The communication minister briefed the press on this issue recently in Kampala, according to …

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