Citing a recent rise in murders and kidnappings, the Ugandan government has also ended a two-month freeze on SIM card sales and ordered telecom companies to register all new mobile SIM cards with the National Biometrics Data Center. 
Serikali ya Uganda ikitaja kutekwa na mauaji ya watu ya hivi karibuni imehitimisha kifungo cha miezi miwili cha ununuaji wa kadi za simu na kuamuru makambuni ya simu kuorodhesha watu wote wenye kadi mpya za simu kwenye kituo cha taarifa za kibayometriki cha taifa .