(6) Thousands of Sudanese in Kampala .. We replied this

Follow-up- Al-Zawiya Net- The number of registered with the Sudanese embassy in Kampala to conduct official transactions exceed more than 6 thousand people, amid the increasing daily demand, especially with the embassy in the Ugandan capital considering a major station for Sudanese refugees coming from neighboring countries, such as Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, and even from within the camps spread in Uganda.

The embassy announced the start of the official work of its electronic passport center in the capital, Kampala, starting last Friday, June 13, after the completion of the networking procedures with the chairmanship of the Passports and Civil Registry Authority in Khartoum.

She explained, in a journalistic circular, that the center will start receiving auditors according to lists that are announced weekly, provided that the accredited reception days are on Monday and Thursday of each week, calling on citizens to follow up on the official embassy page on Facebook to see the tables and names specified.

The approved fees for electronic transactions were determined according to what was approved by the Ministry of Finance, as the value of the electronic passport extraction for adults amounted to 250 dollars, the passport for children under the age of 18 years 125 dollars, and the national number document, instead of a lost allowance, for adults and children $ 25.

The embassy called on the Sudanese residing in Uganda to adhere to the declared dates, and to attend the concerned only in the specified days, noting that the publication of the tables will be in the middle of each week to facilitate the reservation and attendance procedures.

On the other hand, refugees expressed their strong dissatisfaction with the fees imposed, noting that most of them have reached an empty -handed Uganda after fleeing the war, without any property or savings, and they depend entirely on humanitarian aid provided by UNHCR and international organizations.

A refugee said: “How is a person who has lost everything to pay $ 250 to obtain a passport?

The Sudanese refugee, Musa Zuma, in a note directed to the newly appointed Prime Minister Kamel Idris, considered that the high fees represent an unbearable burden for refugees who live in difficult economic conditions, and called on the government to intervene and direct the embassy to review the decision to rise the fees, and said: National refugee children for free. ”

Sudan Tribune