The Minister for Internal Security, Peter Tsiamalili Jnr has opened up about the National Identity (NID) Program, stating that this is a great need for the country, in order to maintain visibility and to encourage proper planning for development aspirations of the country. The minister stated that this is a key element that governments need in order for it to plan and gather a strategy. He stated that without proper knowledge of how many citizens in the country, without visibility the country will be unable to address the various issues that are being faced right now. “Unless and until we have visibility of every citizen as a country then we can be able to do what is right for our country and our people. The aspirations of us as a country must be integrated into us having visibility of our citizens and this is where the National Identity Program is critical for each of the provinces to take ownership of.” This is why they have allowed MoU’s to be signed with District and Provincial Administrations to work in collaboration with the Ministry to ensure that they deliver the project to everyone in the country. “It is key information to have for planning and for us managing our aspirations and strategic plans. We cannot forever go with our feelings, can no longer go with our support base to bring development, we are going to get away from that and focus purely on our people.” He stated that without numbers, proposed plans are merely speculative and in most cases can be the cause of mismanagement if plans are not based proper information. He stated that the Medium Term Development Plan (MTDP) IV that was launched recently, is a very good plan that aligns and helps all stakeholders to work with each other, but added that this will work if there is full visibility of citizens.