Month: August 2017 Posts

NRB workers want daily allowances increased

Aug 09, 2017 Bright Malenga 207 &

Registration workers in the ongoing national identity registration exercise have asked the National Registration Bureau (NRB) to increase their daily allowances from K5600 to K20,000. In a letter addressed to NRB, the workers have complained… ...

Burundian in for attempting to have Malawian ID

Jul 16, 2017 Bright Malenga 32 &

A Burundian teenage woman has been arrested in Lilongwe as she was attempting to register as a Malawian in the ongoing national registration exercise. Lingadzi police spokesperson Foster Benjamin has confirmed the arrest and has… ...

APM says IDs not for rigging elections

Jul 07, 2017 Bright Malenga 41 &

President Peter Mutharika has claimed that the national identification program is not part of his party’s plan to rig the 2019 presidential elections. Mutharika made the remarks in Malawi's capital city, Lilongwe as the country… ...

Corrupt chiefs warned over national IDs

Jun 09, 2017 Chikondi Magalasi 0 &

Chiefs in the country have been warned against receiving bribes from foreigners in order to fraudulently facilitate their registration for national identity cards (ID). Minister of Civic Education, Culture and Community Development Cecilia Chazama has… ...

Northern Region Water Board beaten on capacity

Nov 19, 2015 Thula Chisamba 3 &

The Northern Region Water Board (NRWB) has expressed worry at the increase in demand for water in Mzuzu city which it says has drastically surpassed the board’s supplying capacity. Speaking with Malawi24 on Wednesday, the… ...