Lesotho: Minister Defers ID Bill

THE National Identity Card (Amendment) Bill 2024, which aims to halt the expiration of identity cards, did not proceed to its second reading in the National Assembly earlier this week.

The Bill, introduced by Thabiso Lekitla, a Democratic Congress (DC) legislator from Mekaling, as a private member’s Bill, seeks to amend the National Identity Cards Act of 2011 to remove the expiration period for identity cards and to extend the validity of expired identity cards until the minister responsible,…