Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Will Tanzanians get

those ID cards?


Adam Lusekeso

Daily News; Wednesday, May 28


I GATHER that national identity cards will be ready by the end of December 2009. Plaudits will applaud. I don't. For once, the whole thing will cost 182 billion/-. Now such huge figures of money is a magnet for unsavoury characters like the ones who stole 133 billions of EPA monies.

Coordinator for the project, Dickson Maimu, has said that the tender is open to any company qualified to do the job adding: "I urge companies to compete for the tender, and I assure everybody that the tender process will be free, fair and transparent to all, provided the identity are ready in time."

Knowing Bongo, the tender might have already been awarded to one of the top officials in some party or government.


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