The City of Kigali has announced that activities to verify personal details and photograph residents seeking to obtain the electronic national identity card (e-ID) will resume on Tuesday, November 17, 2026, following a temporary suspension.
The announcement was made on Friday, November 13, with the city urging residents who missed the earlier exercise to prepare to take part in the registration and photographing process across Kigali’s three districts.
In a post on X, the City of Kigali stated: “The exercise to correct personal details and take photographs for the electronic national identity card under #KigaliYacu will resume starting November 17, 2026.”
The city encouraged residents who have not yet been photographed to check the schedule indicating where the exercise will take place in Gasabo, Kicukiro and Nyarugenge districts.
The resumption follows an announcement by the National Identification Agency (NIDA) on October 8, 2026, that the photographing of residents who had not yet completed the process for the electronic ID had been temporarily suspended.
At the time, NIDA said a revised schedule showing the locations of the exercise in different sectors would be communicated to the public in the following days.
Residents Urged to Verify Personal Details
The information that can be corrected during the exercise includes an individual’s names, parents’ names, place of birth, date of birth and other basic personal identification details.
The e-ID programme is part of Rwanda’s broader efforts to expand the use of technology in civil registration and improve access to public services.
In August 2026, NIDA announced that more than seven million people had already been photographed as part of preparations for the rollout of the electronic national identity card.
The resumption of the exercise in Kigali is expected to give residents who missed the earlier registration opportunity another chance to complete the required procedures ahead of the issuance of their e-IDs.