Tanzania: Suspension of ID card Expiration dates

Former president Jakaya Kikwete first launched the national ID renewal initiative in 2013, stating that they must be used for 10 years and renewed upon expiry. The first batch of the IDs was to expire this year, with the exercise yet to cover all eligible citizens across Tanzania. Tanzania’s Minister of Home Affairs Hamad Masauni on Tuesday said that the country’s national identification cards (IDs) will now last indefinitely after the government suspended their expiration dates. Why should an identification card of citizen expire ?