The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has donated 52 printers to help Malawi register births and deaths at health facilities, Homeland Security Minister Peter Mukhito has said. Speaking at the handover in Lilongwe, Mr Mukhito said the printers are about more than equipment. “It is about identity. It is about dignity. It is about inclusion, […]
Replacing a lost ID or birth certificate now costs K5,000 EACH — while marriage licences soar to a staggering K200,000 under new rules Malawians face a fresh squeeze on their pockets after the National Registration Bureau (NRB) quietly rolled out a sweeping hike in fees for a raft of essential registration services. Anyone needing to […]
National Registration Bureau (NRB) offices being housed in some Malawi Posts Corporation (MPC) premises in the capital Lilongwe have been shut down due to the former’s failure to pay rentals. Nyasa Times understands that much as the two are government entities, MPC was housing NRB on agreement that they remit rentals. But according to MPC […]
National Registration Bureau (NRB) offices in Karonga have been indefinitely closed after its officers were accused of siding with aspiring UTM Party candidate Frank Tumpale Mwenifumbo by registering minors who are set to vote for him in the November 10 by-election. On Tuesday, supporters—most minors— allegedly belonging to Mwenifumbo’s rival Leonard Mwalwanda of Malawi Congress […]
Government has terminated the contract of National Registration Bureau (NRB) chief director Mackford Somanje as the Lazarus Chakwera administration continues to get rid of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) elements in government. A letter signed by chief secretary to government Zanga-Zanga Chikhosi dated July 21, 2020 says Somanje’s services are no longer needed at the bureau. […]
National Registration Bureau has ruled out allowing Malawi Congress Party (MCP) experts into the pollster voter register data base, saying the opposition has the data already. MCP politicians say they fear the data base has been manipulated to add more voters who would vote for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party DPP) presidential candidate President Peter […]
UTM Party has added its voice to Malawi Congress Party (MCP) claims that the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) together with Malawi Electoral Commission and National Registration Bureau (NRB) are orchestrating rigging acts for fresh presidential elections. Addressing journalists in Blantyre on Saturday, UTM publicity secretary Joseph Chidanti Malunga said one of the rigging scheme […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera has said the country is fighting two “fierce battles” at the same time. Chakwera told a news conference in Lilongwe on Wednesday that the first battle is to have a competent and credible fresh presidential election. He said the second battle is to stop the spread of coronavirus […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is demanding auditing of voters rolls of Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) and data based on National Registration Bureau (NRB) alleging that it is being tampered with ahead of July 2 fresh presidential elections. MCP presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera told a news conference at the party headquarters in Lilongwe on Wednesday that […]
Former workers of the National Registration Bureau (NRB) have given UNDP four days to pay up their unpaid allowances. The officers issued the ultimatum on Monday after presenting a petition following a protest march from parliament roundabout to UNDP offices in Lilongwe. The ex-workers claim UNDP did not pay them their working allowances during the […]
Former employees of National Registration Bureau (NRB) on Monday held demonstrations demanding overtime allowances and gratuity for all the 4 200 registration officers and supervisors. Spokesperson of the protesters, Madalitso Phiri told reporters that they were confused that the former minister of home affairs Grace Chiumia told the nation during the exercise that government reviewed […]
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 […]
Malawian social commentator Stanley Onjezani Kenani has laughed at Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) and National Registration Bureau (NRB) for organising prayers in the last three registration jurisdictions of Mzimba, Nkhata Bay and Mzuzu. Published reports indicate that prayers’ coordinator Israel Ndelezina said the filed officer hey want to praise God for protecting them while in the field […]
National Registration Bureau (NRB) says it has asked the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to give a report on how a biometric registration kit went missing and was found in Mozambique. NRB spokesperson Norman Fulatira said the biometric registration kit, which the NRB initially used to register people for the national identity cards, was donated to […]
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 […]
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 […]