It is kudos to our nation. For an important step such as that. When will the registration of identity cards start in Arusha? and how long will it take for someone to get that identity card?

I would like to know when the citizenship identity cards will start being issued since its inauguration at Karamjee

Somalis should be assisted in becoming free from these devils Al Shabaab.

Tanzania government should know that they will get the revenues but will not deter criminals through IDs given the operation mechanisms of eastafricans when crossing borders. It will take the goodwill of all Eastafricans to stop criminality and terrorism but not hanging IDs on their necks or in their economy beaten purses, handbags and wallets.

im Tanzanian with a Somali origin, but what makes me sad is how people see me as refugee while i have never seen my origin country, the problem is big because do we see ourselves as Tanzanians through color, or Bantu origin or is it by birth, i wonder how people are worried about migrant while their ca bring development and new i ideas if their are here for a good reasons, what im sure is if Obama was a Tanzanian he wont have been a president if people knew his farther was a Kenyan, but a great nation like u. s.a, knew it and made him their president. i don't mean to say that people should migrate here and leave freely, but racism is what we don't want to see among Africans, is already enough with that from the whites. i hope this will not happen on the id issuing.

ita a vital programme, but the most important issue is to be serious on that especially by providing mass education to various peoples so that to become familiar with this programme.

It’s our plea that this policy continues efficiently and successfully but we citizens should not be an obstacle we should turn up in large numbers and with all attachments so that we can expose those who we suspect. “TANZANIA FOREVER”

I’ve really liked this website I have my own website and I can copy news from you I’m in Tanzania

I say that these are very good opinions expressed here I agree with them, in addition our country will be built by we Tanzanians ourselves, we just need to work hard

I think this program is bad for the anti-Christ’s faith, true Christians will not be able to sell or buy without these cards, these cards have benefits in the short term but their effects last a lifetime because behind this plan the anti-Christ has started registering his people without them knowing so that it will be easy for him to rule the world

That is a superb idea Tanzania and this comes from the deepest part of my heart,I love my country and will always do.Gooooo Tanzania

It’s a very good idea, but my concerns remains since foreign nationals and refugees will use that opportunity to gain citizenship easily considering that our country has been compassionate welcoming everybody and wanting to be seen to have peace, love and assistance in countries that do not like to be helped.  

It’s a good program, my opinion regarding this is that we should first issue identity cards for a short period. Afterwards everyone who has this identity card should be investigated keenly to find out if the details he/she gave are correct. This will include finding out where he/she was born if he/she is really known there and also if he/she is known in the place where he/she has lived for a long time. If not we will end up giving identity cards to people who don’t deserve to get them. God bless Tanzania God bless Africa.

I welcomed this new national identification card programe come from for tansnia and wish will be a partner ofg this program and also remember I come from another country so please help me for only one card. Thank you.

its a good step for the tz goverment,honest ,committment is needed in order to make things run well,for the benefit of all.

THIS EXERCISE SHOULD BE CONTINUOUSLY CARRIED BY THE GOVT REGULARLY AS BEING DONE IN KENYA AS ONE REACHES 18YRS,THINK OF THAT ALSO FELLOW TANZANIANS

It’s good, I like it! But I’m still concerned that there is a possibility of bribing, corruption, swindling etc. on the part of those who are doing the registration. It is possible that those who look like us, Tanzanians, who are not real citizens by birth will be given identity cards intended for citizens by birth, if there is no additional effective corroborative work to confirm their claims regarding areas of origin/birth!

Yeah! It’s a good thing for our country because it is an easy way that will enable us identify criminals, especially from outside the country, but I don’t like the procedure because people are staying at registration centers for a long time, the government should increase the number of service providers.

My country of origin - one that many Tanzanians aspire to go to or migrate to, has managed to get by without ID cards through two major world wars, and a vast number of would-be immigrants since. The people there have generally taken the view that ID cards are a form of 'big brother is watching you'. Generally speaking, you are only required to provide your fingerprints and such if you are arrested - accused of some crime. Otherwise you are allowed your privacy - your birth certificate suffices unless you need a passport or driving license - the next steps up. There seems to me to be to be an excessive negative view about immigrants into Tanzania. The country's population density is tiny compared to say the European countries, and the government does not have any significant program of health benefits or pensions that immigrants could deplete. So what harm are the immigrants doing to the country - it's not likely that they will be a big drain on resources. Ask yourself carefully - what do you get from the state if you have an ID card compared to those who do not? Seems to me that a much less expensive exercise would do the job. Provide Tanzanians who don't have a birth certificate with one. The rest of the mechanism - driving licences, passports, and so on, is already in place if you have the birth certificate. The rest of the ID card information - if you are a law-abiding citizen - is just the government wanting to know more about you than they need to know.

An identity card will help shorten the queues in many procedures that are bothersome in service provision if used for the intended objectives, such as giving loans, identifying one’s nationality outside the country, but I think they should only be given to Tanzanians, and citizens by birth because our country does not yet recognize dual citizenship.

It's high time we had a document which is mandatory to all citizen of the age of majority.My only concern,like the rest of us,how will we be sure that we dont issue the card to non citizens posing as such?

it is very beautiful idea but people do mix themselves about political issue and government issue! more education should be provided about nation ID.

It is good that the Nation thought to do something like this, because life is constantly changing and the number of people in the world keeps increasing I think that a time will come when people will live anywhere if there will not be adequate security. God bless Africa, God bless Tanzania.

Let us hope the whole thing goes as planned. Excellent idea

Good opening for business oppotunity....for Kenyans...

I am proposing that there be a way to register online because you will find some have traveled at the planned time of the registration exercise in Dar and when he comes back the exercise has ended in Dar es Salaam and thus does not get the identity card.

LIKE IT, I AM TOO WAITING TO GET IT ONCE THE TIME WILL ALLOW FOR US HERE IN ARUSHA, TANZANIA.

Generally speaking this is a very good move to curb issues related to illegal immigration, but how are they going to make sure that such are not issued to non Tanzanians, as we have experienced Tanzanian passports being given to other nationalities.

This is the best effort so far made. Let all of us give the government support so that it can succeed.

This is a mode of how certain people can grab public money, I dnt c the importance of ID to a corrupt country like this..................those billions should have been proper to be directed to kilimo kwanza.

good idea, i love tz, comming soon to mbezi, afrikana

This is a good news for Tanzanian.My worring is about issuing IDs to wrong people.The authority must be aware for this issue.l remember on 2003 l was on transit at Amsterdam internatinal airport in Netherland l was happy to see one guy holding TZ passport,l thought that l have meet my brother,l greated him Jambo.He shouted back to me in Nigerian acsent 'my brother mind your own business'.Few hours later l told him l will call to Tanzania high commision in Dutch to come to indentify his nationality.He was ready to bribe me in order to help him.Lastly he told me the truth.l was shocked that he bought the pp for U$ 600.

we must be very carefull to give people from outside same status with tanzania people is dangerous my i against this programe if they say for tanzanian it good but they include the foreigner guys this is dramma. this is not for TANZANIA FUTURE is for few people look (nigerian,congo,u.s.a,arabs,sudan,south africa,kenya,uganda,lebanon,russia,china,korea,japan,taiwan)and all of them will became full tanzania man!.we must observe this. my self without forced with anyone or an organization i dont like this article

Am not full satisfied the way an execise is done ,so many people complain why are not taken a photo during the registration time ,what they do is only to fill the form and move away,is it the whole mean for new indentification Id? or it is ujanja ujanja ?we not need our revenue money be spent one again in the same issues ,please those whom are working they should make sure all necessaries matters concerning IDs are done properly and at the best of they knowledge.

i have sumitted all the infomation regarding the id cards , how much times does it take for getting the card

I am a student studying abroad i will like have the nation ID card , how can i get it.? What is the plan for those staying outside the country?can i get it from Tanzanian Embassey?

I livein tanzania am a forieger its great job keep it up.

ITS GOOD ,BUT RUNNER UP ON REGSTRATION MUST COMPLY TO AAL PRECAUTION IMPOSSED ON,THAT MEANS NOBODY IS TO BE DEMANDED ANY PAYMENT BECAUSE ITS FREE OFF CHARGE.MAY THE ALMIGHTY BLESS THIS EXCERCISE TO GO ACCORDINGLY.

It is very good system, need to have every people who lives in Tanzania.

Bribe the ladies and they come to fill up the forms or you wait in the ques for hours and that is not a common news in this part of the world. We thrive on this cash crop of bribery, pay get things done do not pay stay aloof wait for hours for your turn I thank you Firozali A.Mulla DBA

This is a good exercise in the right direction for the Tanzanian government and the country as a whole.

This is excellent. In order to decrease illegal immigrants every Tanzanian should carry an ID card. I will much safer and verification of a person's individuality when applying for different social services can be easily known without any hustles. However it is important that the ID's numbers are encrypted well to avoid the risk of ID forgeries.

The fingerprint technology is getting old soon.I suggest the cards should be able to store the DNA Fingerprints to save later costs as it will necessary come soon.

i thinking this is a good idea but the government must be carefull during this period

for international security reasons national ID is very important so for all Tanzanians let us come out for this exercise

Its a nice idea

GOD bless Tanzania, we re together and together we can, i proud to be tanzanian and ID ll' identify whose i am, congratulation .

I am pleased to know that finally the Government has embarked on this expensive project. However, irregular some records may be, there will be some truth in it. People will not be able to register themselves under multiple names as the fingerprinting will not allow this to to happen. We shall then be able to report 'anyone' posing as 'someone else' by recording their ID numbers.This will scare the fraudsters and illegal immigrants alike , who have cheated the innocent Tanzanians in the past. Keep up the good work.

actually the idea is good but my problem is, how can be secured and monitored because Tanzania is the African mother land, the country where you can't to know that who is a citizen, migrant or a legally citizen. by the way I congratulate my Government for coming with that idea because we will be now countable, our neighbor country of Kenya their doing very fine and let me saying yes to my lovable country, the which is my proud of a Tanzanian the Land of mountain Kilimanjaro.

The identity card is a nice ideal BUT the Big cahallenge cames from the out siders,there are many foreigners,nowdays those foreigners they have birth certificate,married by tanzanian,studied in tz,working in tz,fluently in swahili,HOW ARE YOU GOING TO IDENTIFY THIS PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY???

All asigned for this noble job should really be patriotic and make sure that no person who is not TZ gets the ID card.. Everybody should present the really roots of his/her parents and this should be verified by a special committee to weed out the cheats. Anybody caught cheating to be jailed. No fines please.This will make our country much safer.

I think, the step taken is useless, its waste of Govt, funds and here its has been forced by the law towards the time frame given, as most of the people are working class and to take an excuse from the company at this current scenario is quiet difficult just to get the registration done.

in top of muharam mchume, its my sugestion that one of the mostly needed document to idenify nationalities mean birth certificate should be complusory and other document should be subsidiary but neccessary. becuse we have a lot of foreiners who are living illegal and some are bandits.

Brilliant Idea, kudos to the government of Tanzania.

an essential exercise but a duplication of effort and wasteful on public funds. a few years back, there was a similar effort to compile the electoral register. the same people being saked to register today (18 and over) were required to go through the process and get their voting cards. if we had been patriotic and concious of public funds, the data collected then could have been collated to supply the information now being asked for the identity cards. i am sure some fisadi vigogos worked out how a 10% then and another 10% in the present exercise adds up to a doble mlungula and advised our corrupt government not bother combining both exercises to save public funds

on ma side i dont think if it is a good one!because people must have a birth certificate and most of Tanzanians who are above 45 they dont have those birth certificates so this will provide a chance for non-Tanzanians to forge different requirements.So the government must be care!

This is real greal, I have to offer my mere congratulations to the government of ours! This is say, before this idea of ID one could not stand and defend for his/her nationality. But now with our upcoming IDs, we can real be proud of our Tanzanian and speak of it before any one and any where arroud the world. Lots of appreciations to Tanzania goverment and Iris corporation for their heart to undertake the project!

Our country has come up with good idea, let us be collaborative in this

To my opinion about registrations, we should extend time for the Tanzanians expecially Dar were registration has began, because people go to work early so they have a limited time to register themselves and also opening of the registration area (stations0 should be a bit early so that the workers could also get time in the morning atleast 7:00AM in the morning and close at 6:00PM in the evening.This would easien the task.

The idea of having national ID is good but the authority should be careful in the whole exercise especially in registered non Tanzanian.

The system sounds good or maybe workable but I am not sure of how the refugees will be eliminated in the exercise of registration, unless we agree as a nation that those who will manage to go through unidentified become natural Tanzanians by the virtual of their smartness.

Am a foreigner and i could like to obtain one how and where can i register my self.

ok this is the great idea but the amount of money allocasted for this job i think is too huge and guys assigned to do this job i think thy are going to benefit a lot

yes! is good idea but the most of tanazania are staying in villeges,and most of them are not awere of these program.so good stragy and plan should be formed for this proget to meet the planned goal, can yuo make first simple reaserch by providing the temporary ID

GOOD GOVERNMENT FOR ID, NOW WE WILL BORROW EASILY, EVEN SETTING UP BONDS FOR ONE ANOTHER. a

If this program is really carried out with justice and equality it will be very good. And I would suggest that they get started in districts and villages located near borders. Because you like to initiated things like this in Dar es Salaam, and this is a very bad habit to see here in Tanzania. Stop that right away:

nice but it sound me illegal immigrants will have so many trouble

good idea

yaap good article but i dont know what will happen for given foreigners similar id with indigenous

I don't think if there will be any success on this, as we have been promised a lot of things but our government failed to fulfil,but good idea.

We realy Need national ID's but WHY IVEN THE NON GITIZEN ARE REQUIRED TO FILL THE FORM let Be serious this is NTIONAL ID NOT TANZANIA living ID

BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!, THIS WILL STREAMLINE HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS TO ACCESS LOANS

This is the beginning of mark of the beast (666). Remember mark of the beast will work through identification systeme that has all your data in the system, and if you dont agree with them you are blocked from accessing all basic necessities of life. Beware!!!???.

I appreciate the program but having one things to remind the authority there is higher number of higher learning instutition who wll miss the pragram due to holiday because some them will be missing from their place of birth and place of study at same time. the best way for these people to get registered is to be at the their place of study were all infor is available

FANTASTIC! YES LONG OVERDUE..WE REQUIRE ID'S....AND YES THAT WOULD BE GREAT!

The whole idea sounds good but my worry is that the project might include people who are not eligble like non citizens. Kenya for example started this project way back in 1923 it is now going very well. Informations given are well counter checked by even looking at one or two generations of the registered people. In Sinza and Kinondoni Hananasif to mention a few we have a good number of Malawians, Nigerians and Congolese and they are all branding as Tanzanians. Some of them have even the Kadi ya kupigia kura in their possesion. My advice is to be extra careful in the whole excercise.

Article is good

This is excellent. We pray everything to go smoothly as planned.Thanks for this nice ideas. Bravo