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ID cards to be issued in west

    NAIROBI

    The serious security risk posed by the presence of hundreds of thousands of refugees in western regions of Tanzania was on Tuesday advanced by Kigoma Regional Commissioner Abubakar Mgumia as one of the main reasons for plans to introduce identity cards for Tanzanian citizens in the area. Identity cards would be issued in Kigoma, Kigera and Rukwa regions in the next few months, ahead of their issue in the rest of the country which is scheduled to precede the general election in October, for both security and electoral reasons, the Tanzanian ‘Guardian’ reported Mgumia as saying. Insecurity in the western regions is blamed on the influx of refugees and an associated availability of weapons.

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