The Ministry of Internal Affairs, through the National Bureau for NGOs, rolled out and executed a verification and validation exercise targeting all registered NGOs in the country as part of the efforts to operationalize and implement the Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) Act 2016. The Nation and particularly the NGO sector were informed of this activity in various media. Through this activity the NGO Bureau was exercising its mandate to register, regulate, monitor, inspect, coordinate and oversee all NGO operations in Uganda.