President Peter Mutharika has drawn praise after his government announced that Malawi’s National Identity Card will no longer carry an expiry date, in a reform officials say will spare millions of citizens the recurring cost and inconvenience of renewal. Minister of Homeland Security Peter Mukhito unveiled the change on Tuesday in Lilongwe at the launch […]
Malawi’s national identity cards will no longer carry an expiry date, the country’s Minister of Homeland Security has announced, in a move aimed at simplifying the national identification system for citizens. Peter Mukhito made the announcement on Wednesday while delivering a statement at the launch of the National Registration Bureau’s (NRB) Mzika Digital ID Wallet […]
Renewal fee at K2 500 as over 3 million IDs expiring in 2021 All national identity cards that were issued in 2006 have begun expiring from January 1, 2021 and the National Registration Bureau (NRB) is asking the public to start the renewal process — preferably 30 days before its expiry. In a statement, the […]
Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace of the Archdiocese of Lilongwe (CCJP Lilongwe) has challenged religious, traditional and political leaders to find lasting measures to stop the buying of national identification (ID) cards business, fearing the practice has potential to ignite political violence as Malawians prepare for the fresh presidential election. CCJP Lilongwe governance project […]
Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee has reacted angrily to reports that ruling party operatives are taking people’s national IDs or getting the details of the IDs on the pretext that the victims would get food or loans from government. Chairperson of the committee Kezzie Msukwa said this when the committee met National Initiative for Civic Education […]
Malawi Police in Zomba have arrested a man on suspicion that he was recording details of information from people’s national IDs. This follows complaints from opposition politicians who claim that the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was involved in the malpractice as way of rigging the forthcoming July Constitutional Court sanctioned presidential election. Police have […]
FDH Bank on Friday became the first bank in the country to integrate the National Registration Bureau (NRB) National Identity database with its Know Your Customer (KYC) system which will facilitate the secure and effective validation of customer details through the mandated NRB system. Managing Director for FDH Bank, Eric Ouattara, signed the partnership on […]
The National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE) Trust in the Northern Region has cautioned people from giving their national identity cards away, describing the cards as a personal property. The warning comes amidst increasing reports that some people in Lilongwe have had their ID cards snatched by agriculture extension workers purportedly for purposes of registering farm input subsidy (FISP) […]
National Registration Bureau (NRB) says it has now distributed 90 per cent of the national registration identity cards after a messy and chaotic exercise in some areas in the north. This gives the hope that most people would now turn for the ongoing voter registration exercise which is going on in some areas in the […]
National Registration Bureau has suspended its official in Mzuzu over the messy and chaotic national identity cards distribution exercise which has left scores of people missing their IDs in Mzuzu. Both the M’mbelwa district commissioner Thomas Chirwa and the NRB spokesperson Norman Fulatira have confirmed the suspension of Kingsley Nkhata who is the bureau’s assistant […]
Collection of national identity cards in Mzuzu and Mzimba North has been postponed to July 30 to pave way for sorting of the IDs after the cards were “messed up.” There was chaos in card distribution as people collected them leading to having them scattered while others were broken. One of the officers tasked with the sorting […]
The first grade magistrate court in Mchinji has fined Moffat Charles Msuza, 36, K100 000fine for being found in possession of two Malawian national identity cards bearing similar details. The court heard that Msuza, who also has a Mozambican national ID, registered twice from different registration centres. He told the court that he registered at […]
Government has rolled out residency identity cards for foreigners in a bid to curb international criminality including human trafficking and drugs trade. National Registration Bureau (NRB) spokesperson Norman Fulatira said the IDs for the foreigners are very important, saying they will help the government know the population of foreigners in the country. “This is very […]
Officials at Chilumba Barracks hospital in Karonga the northern border district of Malawi have advised patients to carry their national Identity Cards especially when seeking medical services at the facility, saying the hospital will only entertain patients with national IDs. Speaking during the burial ceremony of Mrs Mkoko who was one of the elderly in Principal […]
Government has gone back on its plans to endorse the use of the national IDs for elections voter registration sparking rumours that the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) led government wants to rig the elections. Minister of Justice Samuel Tembenu said the bill to allow the use of the national IDs is not ready. “The bill […]
The Blantyre Magistrates Court has convicted and sentenced Benjamin Chamba who was arrested over mutilation of national identity cards to pay a fine of K120 000 or in default to six months imprisonment with hard labour. The accused a resident of Chilobwe in Blantyre, in mid March 2018 met some unsuspecting job seekers and promised […]
A 30-year-old man is remanded at Chichiri Prison for allegedly Mutilating over eight National Registration Identity Cards belonging to different individuals around Somanje area in Chilobwe Township, Blantyre. The suspect, Benjamin Chamba of Kadulanya village T.A Kamenyagwaza in Dedza district and a resident in the township, commited the offense in March this year. According to […]
President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika announced Thursday that over 9 million Malawians have registered during the national identity registration exercises which took place from May to October this year. Speaking during the official announcement of mass registration statistics and handing over of registration campaign and operations to the Malawi Government at the Kamuzu Palace in […]