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Tanzania is consulting the US-based Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on the possibility of establishing the Universal National Identification Card (ID), it was revealed yesterday in Parliament.
A new move is meant to integrate the National ID card with other IDs and cut costs that the government is incurring in purchasing raw cards and printing of IDs, according to Home Affairs minister Hamad Masauni.
“To make our plan a reality, the Home Affairs ministry this month held preliminary talks with the senior officials from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation,” revealed Mr Masauni as he was tabling the Sh1.29 trillion budget proposal for his docket.
Mr Masauni said the Universal National ID card was also meant to do away with hassles that one was going through before securing the ID.
“Upon completion of the project on card, one will have to carry with him only one ID, instead of numerous. This will in turn pave a way for accessing social and economic activities conveniently,” Mr Masauni told the Parliament.
Presently, the list of cards that a citizen might carry, include the National ID, voter ID card, driving license and health insurance.
Carrying so many ID cards is considered by a section of people as a burden and cumbersome. It is on that backdrop that the government is thriving to integrate the National ID card with other IDs through a consultation to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Mr Masauni said in the next Financial Year (2023/24) that kicks off on July 1, the government will make amendments on the Registration and Identification of Persons Act to allow a person to be registered from birth until death.
A new move is meant to integrate the National ID card with other IDs and cut costs that the government is incurring in purchasing raw cards and printing of IDs, according to Home Affairs minister Hamad Masauni.
“To make our plan a reality, the Home Affairs ministry this month held preliminary talks with the senior officials from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation,” revealed Mr Masauni as he was tabling the Sh1.29 trillion budget proposal for his docket.
Mr Masauni said the Universal National ID card was also meant to do away with hassles that one was going through before securing the ID.
“Upon completion of the project on card, one will have to carry with him only one ID, instead of numerous. This will in turn pave a way for accessing social and economic activities conveniently,” Mr Masauni told the Parliament.
Presently, the list of cards that a citizen might carry, include the National ID, voter ID card, driving license and health insurance.
Carrying so many ID cards is considered by a section of people as a burden and cumbersome. It is on that backdrop that the government is thriving to integrate the National ID card with other IDs through a consultation to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Mr Masauni said in the next Financial Year (2023/24) that kicks off on July 1, the government will make amendments on the Registration and Identification of Persons Act to allow a person to be registered from birth until death.
