Government has described the mass national registration and identification exercise a success as 9,000, 514 people were reported to have been registered as of Saturday 21st October, 2017. Minister of Civic Education Grace Chiumia disclosed this in Nkhata Bay when she presided over the handover ceremony of 84 motorbikes from donor partners to the National […]
Over 7.9million Malawians have registered so far in the past four phases of the national mass registration against the projected total figure of 9 million people. Project Chief Technical Advisor for the National Registration and Identification System (NRIS), Tariq Malik disclosed this in Mangochi on Wednesday at a press briefing aimed at announcing the results […]
Nkhunga First Grade Magistrate (FGM) Court in Dwangwa, Nkhotakota has convicted a Rwandese National alongside a Malawian citizen for forgery and furnishing false information to obtain a National Identity Card, contrary to Section 43 of the National Registration Act (NRA). The court through State Prosecutor Superintendent Macllino Lungu heard that on July 18, this year […]
Rwandese national has been convicted alongside Malawian citizen for forgery and furnishing false information to obtain National Identity Card contrary to section 43 of National Registration Act (NRA). The Nkhunga First Grade Magistrate (FGM) Court in Dwangwa through State Prosecutor Superintendent Macllino Lungu on Thursday heard that on July 18, 2017, Christopher Sinayobye from Rwanda […]
A stern warning has been sent to residents of northern border district of Karonga to desist from aiding foreigners to register as Malawi citizens in the ongoing National Identification registration exercise or risk an arrest. Karonga receives many foreigners including Rwandans, Ethiopians, Burundians, Somalis and Congolese as asylum seekers but many of them bribe the […]
Malawi’s national registration exercise has been hit by ghost workers which has seen money being paid to people not physically existing in the work force. Sources close to the national registration exercise confided in Nyasa Times that Pricewaterhousecoopers, an accounting firm managing the exercise, calling for a verification of the workers. “All the supervisors have […]
Malawians wishing to register in the mandatory national identification exercise at Likoma and Chizumulu islands in Nkhata Bay are facing problems as traditional leaders are refusing to identify their subjects unless they are paid allowances. District commissioner for Nkhata Bay Charles Mawembe confirmed the incident and said the issue has since been reported to the […]
There are growing fears among some Malawians that the availability of National Registration forms on the internet may create an opportunity for people to venture into the business of downloading and selling them. The development follows a series of incidents in districts conducting the exercise where people have been sent home because of limited or […]
Journalists from different media houses in the city of Mzuzu underwent a half day long training on the compulsory National Registration and Identification System (NRIS) currently underway in Malawi at Mphatso Motel. The training was conducted by the National Registration Bureau (NRB) in partnership with the UNDP. In his presentation, Public Relations Officer for NRB, […]
The national identification registration process currently underway in our country is a great initiative that is poised to game-change a lot of things in our country, the Warm Heart of Africa but we need to pull up our socks. But the registration process also has a downside risk if not properly and carefully managed and the […]
A National Registration Bureau (NRB) Clerk, Masauko Mondwe, 26 and Village Head Man (VHM) Kanyamba, real name Michael Mbalame, 58 are counting their blessings after the Dowa Second Grade Magistrate Court released them and walked into freedom because the State did not bring prosecution witnesses in their case. Mondwe, and the VHM Kanyamba were picked by Kanengo police because it […]
The Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security, Grace Chiumia, has clarified misconceptions surrounding the ongoing mass registration exercise regarding the National Identification Card Program. Word on the street, especially among opposition political parties, is that government wants to use the identity cards to rig the 2019 general elections. Chiumia was speaking in Blantyre on […]
Minister of Civic Education, Culture and Community Development, Cecilia Chazama has commended Malawians for their high turn-up for the national registration exercise, a development attributed to good working partnerships amongst stakeholders such as the National Initiative for Civic Education Trust, media, religious and traditional leaders. Speaking when she addressed members of Ntcheu District Registration Task […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Francis Kasaila has called on religious leaders in the country to take a leading role in enlightening their congregation about the importance of having national identity cards. Kasaila made the call over the weekend when he met Pastors’ Fraternal for Nsanje Central Constituency. He said the clergy has […]
Members of Bwaila Media Club (BMC) have been challenged to take the leading role in sensitise Malawians on the importance of having nation identify card. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Chief Technical Advisor, Tariq Malik Saturday challenged members during an interactive meeting with between UNDP, National Registration Bureau (NRB) and Malawi Electoral Commission held in […]
The National Registration Bureau (NRB)—a government agency that has been mandated to produce national identity cards for Malawi citizens—has raised perks for officers working under the scheme after they threatened to down tools over shoddy allowances. Registration officers who were getting K120 000 per phase will now be getting K175 000 while supervisors who were […]
Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security Grace Chiumia has said the government has asked for extra funding from UNDP to increase the daily allowance for those working for the national identity registration. Chiumia told parliament on Thursday that the government would like to increase the daily allowance from the current K10, 000 per day to K20, […]
With the first phase of the mass national registration campaign gets close to an end, Home Affairs and Internal Security Minister, Grace Chiumia has revealed that one million Malawians have so far been registered. Briefingjournalists on Saturday after touring some of the registration centers in Salima, Chiumia said the first phase has gone on well […]