The Ugandan Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control (DCIC) has received letters from at least 32 men demanding the cancellation of their children’s passports after DNA results proved they are not biological fathers.

According to Uganda's Daily Monitor, the men had applied for and acquired passports for their wives and children only to realize the children were not their own.

The men have since demanded their details extracted from the children’s passports.

However, DCIC was unable to grant their wish but instead forwarded their letters to the country's National Identification Registration Authority (NIRA) to update their information.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs spokesperson, Simon Mundeyi told local press that the move was prompted by an article that alluded that some of their counterparts had realized that not all children in their families were biologically theirs.

According to the publication, a man working in Europe had taken the bold step of taking his six children for a DNA test after a heated argument with his wife, who then told him in the process that some of the children were not his.