The Department of Immigration has cleared its passport backlog dating back to 2015, the department’s Deputy Spokesperson Wellington Chiponde has confirmed. Chiponde said the department is clearing the backlog because they now have enough resources. “What we normally used to do was we were issuing passports on demand. If a person pays for their passports […]
An Immigration Officer based at the Department of Immigration Offices in Blantyre was arrested together with his accomplice for forgery. Blantyre Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) Elizabeth Divala said the officer Chanduwira Chidothe,39 and Bettie Chikara, 28, were suspected to have forged business payment receipts amounting to US350 dollars (approximately K260, 000). She explained: “The […]
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday arrested two people for allegedly aiding and obtaining citizenship illegally. The ACB, acting on a tip-off, arrested Hendrix Laher and Esili Kubwimana Malawian and Rwandese in Lilongwe and Blantyre respectively. ACB’s Senior Public Relations Officer, Egrita Ndala said Laher was suspected to have aided public officers to abuse their […]
Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has pressed two charges to former chief immigration officer Hudson Mankhwala who was arrested on Wednesday over passports which were allegedly issued irregularly to non Malawians. Mankhwala was taken to Lilongwe Magistrate Court where he was formally charged with two counts. The first charge was neglect of official duty, contrary to […]
The Department of Immigration says it will soon launch a one stop centre programme in a bid to reduce congestion as well as minimize the distance which people travel to process and collect their passports. The department’s spokesperson, Joseph Chawuwa said the programme is part of government’s initiative to bring services closer to the masses. […]
The Department of Immigration has expressed satisfaction over its indoor photographic services saying since its inception, no case has been reported of passport applicants being duped by unscrupulous people. The department introduced the new system in November last year to minimize theft cases and also ensure that only eligible Malawians acquire the passports. In an […]
Two senior immigration officials were in the country on Friday to inquire on eight arrested country men suspected to have been spying on Kayelekera Uranium mine in Karonga. Songwe border incharge Yusuf Shaibu said the Tanzanian deputy immigration officer Daniel Magwaza and his assistant John Njirakiza held discussions with Malawi security agents from Karonga at […]
The immigration department says it will carry out an upgrading exercise of its passport printing system from Friday, December 23 to 26, 2016. Confirming the development to the Malawi News Agency (MANA) on Wednesday, the department’s National Public Relations Officer (PRO), Joseph Chauwa said there will be a complete shutdown of the whole passport printing […]
Two Malawian nationals have been refused exit at Mwanza border in southern Malawi for travelling with minors without any proper documentation today. Immigration spokesperson Senior Immigration Assistant Pasqually Zulu has identified the nationals as Ms Clara Kampesi, aged 26 from Semu Vge T/A Chigalu in Blantyre and Ms Enifa Mussa, Passport number MA 193716 aged […]
TheDepartment of Immigration has started forcing hundreds of Malawi passport applicants to contribute to its welfare fund. The purpose of the welfare fund is not known but the mere fact that hundreds of people throng this office daily suffices to conclude that the welfare fund is already brimming with hundreds of thousands if not millions […]
Vincent Murekezi, one of the 1994 Rwandese key genocide suspects, who has been exposed to have acquired a Malawian passport and is now using the surname Banda, has been described by Malawian Minister of Home Affairs anf Internal Security, Grace Chiumia as”successful businessman” in the country. Chiumia said she knows Murekezi and that Malawi government does […]
A wanted Rwandan genocide suspect, Vincent Murekezi has penetrated the Malawi government service delivery system where he is getting passports, citizenship and court orders in his favor by using rogue lawyers to tilt his legitimacy as a bonafide Malawian citizen, Nyasa Times can reveal. Murekezi has since confirmed his identity and his being named on […]
Mponela police Officer in Charge Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police Emmanuel Soko is alleged to have been behind the shielding and releasing from custody of a wanted Rwandan genocide suspect Vincent Murekezi also known as Vincent Banda, Nyasa Times can reveal. Vincent Murekezi is a suspect of the 1994 Rwandan genocide and is on wanted […]
Opposition lawmaker Juliana Lunguzi has suggested that government should let the Immigration Department of the Home Affairs and Internal Security Ministry to be an independent body like Malawi Reveneu Authority (MRA). Lunguzi, who is Malawi Congress Party (MCP) legislature for Dedza East said in parliament that if the Immigration Department is made a independent, “they […]
People’s Party (PP) leader in parliament and party’s acting president Uladi Mussa should “face the law” for illegally approving citizenships of hundreds of Rwandese, Burundi nationals, the Home Affairs and Internal Security minister Jappie Mhango has said. Mhango accused Mussa of “criminal negliegence” when he served as Home Affairs Minister during the Joyce Banda administration. […]
Officials from the Immigration Department are over the moon, they are patting each other on the back for managing to collect K1.5 billion more than they were asked to collect. Spokesperson for the department Wellington Chiponde attributed the beating of the set target of K4.2 billion to K5.7 billion, an increase of 136 percent to […]
Minister of Home Affairs Jean Kalirani has not ruled out government hiking passport fees, saying the fall of the kwacha has negatively affected printing costs of the travel document. Speaking in Blantyre on Monday after officially visiting Immigration offices, Kalirani said the government is holding talks with relevant parties to see how best to increase […]
Officials from the Department of Immigration have dismissed as untrue social media reports that police in Mozambique have intercepted a cache of arms hidden in a coffin. Immigration Department spokesman for Mwanza Border Pascal Zulu said officers and the police have verified the reports and found to be untrue. “We read the social media reports […]