Communities in Lilongwe Msodzi North are very frustrated with Members of Parliament who they said disappear once elected into office only to reappear when another election is around the corner saying this may lead to voter apathy. However, NICE Area Civic Education Coordinator (ACEC) James Chambalo encouraged them to register so they should vote during […]
In its drive to woo more eligible voters to register and vote in the forthcoming tripartite elections the National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE) conducted training for the disabled on the electoral process in Lilongwe. Assistant District Civic Education for Lilongwe Rita Kalanje told the participants that are just as good as their able bodied […]
People in Malawi’s northern district of Karonga are pushing for a change on the registration date which the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) allocated to them saying they will be busy cultivating in their fields. According to MEC the registration exercise there is expected to be conducted from 5-18 December. Speaking during whistle stop conducted by National […]
Prisoners in Malawi’s northern border district of Karonga have described as failures civil society organizations accredited to conduct civil education on 2014 tripartite elections for failing to civic educate them on the forthcoming polls. Speaking when they received radios from National Initiative for Civic Educational (NICE) one of the prisoners Jimmy Harawa said it is high time […]
Minister of Information and Civic Education Moses Kunkuyu on Friday announced the appointment of the new e board of trustees of the National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE). This follows the dissolution of the NICE board by the Minister after a public outcry that it had been done illegally and amidst queries from the European Union (EU) […]
The European Union (EU) has unveiled its strategy to revamp the National Initiative for Civic Education (Nice) including a K1.6 billion (7.5million Euros) injection of funds in direct reaction to the government heeding its call on administration of the body. The EU froze funding to Nice over disagreements with the late Bingu wa Mutharika administration’s […]
The European Union has welcomed the dissolution of the National Initiative for Civic Education by President Joyce Banda. EU ambassador to Malawi Alexander Baum told the state controlled Malawi Broadcasting Corporation TV on Monday that the dissolution of the board was a welcome move because the constitution of the board was unprocedural. The late president […]
Malawi Government has fired Mavuto Bamusi as chair of the board of trustees for National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE) in a move that has also seen the entire board dissolved. Minister of Information and Civic Education, Moses Kunkuyu, confirmed the development. NICE board of trustees was appointed in July last year by late Bingu […]