If the EMB uses technology to collect voter registration data, is biometric data captured and used during registration?

Uganda, Electoral Commission, The Electoral Commission Act (Cap 140), accessed 23 January 2021

18. National voters register and voters rolls.

(1) The commission shall compile, maintain and update, on a continuing basis, a national voters register, in this Act referred to as the voters register, which shall include the names of all persons entitled to vote in any national or local government election. […]

Uganda, Electoral Commission, Voter Education Handbook, Revised Edition 2020, accessed 23 January 2021

4.4.5 Update Officers

Update Officers are entrusted with the following roles:

i) Drawing programmes for the Update exercise;

ii) Receive update materials from the Parish Supervisors

ii) Communicating and publicising dates, time and venues for the Update exercise;

iii) Report at the update centres on a daily basis during the designated period;

iv) Verify and ascertain all information before registering a voter;

v) Ensure that the relevant forms are filled correctly;

vi) Capture bio-data i.e. particulars of the applicants/voters comprising of names, sex, dates of birth and villages;

vii) Capture biometric data of applicants i.e. photographs, fingerprints and signatures;

See also the illustration of registration process on page 22.