Instructions for submitting a response

The Ministry of Homeland Security and Technology (MoHST) invites public comments to the draft Digital Identity Bill from all interested parties. 

Responses should be sent to the MoHST by email (either Word or PDF format) to [email protected] to the attention of:

Dr. Ibrahim Waheed
Project Manager

The MoHST seeks comments from government stakeholders, the business community and the general public on the draft Digital Identity Bill attached at Annex 1. All comments should be supported as much as possible by detailed explanations and must identify by sources that the respondent is relying upon.

In the interests of transparency, the MoHST will make all submissions received available to the public. Respondents may request confidential treatment of certain information contained in their comments. The MoHST will evaluate a request for confidentiality in line with applicable legal requirements.

Respondents must clearly indicate which information included in their submission is considered confidential. Where such confidential information is included, respondents must provide both a confidential and a non-confidential version of their submission (in soft copies and not scanned copies). If part or all of the submission is marked confidential, reasons should be provided for the confidential treatment. The MoHST may publish or refrain from publishing any document or submission at its sole discretion.

For purpose submitting written comments, the MoHST requests that commenters use the following template:

COMMENTS format