Tag: NRB

7 arrested, 15 NRB laptops recovered in Blantyre

Published on April 23, 2021 by Flora Mitumba

Police in Blantyre have arrested seven people and recovered 15 National Registration Bureau (NRB) branded Accer laptops that were stolen […]

NRB Says Failure To Renew National ID Will Attract Penalties

Published on January 5, 2021 by Flora Mitumba

The National Registration Bureau (NRB) has cautioned people against failure to renew their national identification cards. Identity cards that were […]

AIP Beneficiaries reduced to 3.6 million

Published on November 13, 2020 by Robert Ngwira

Affordable Input Programme (AIP) database cleaning has reduced number of intended beneficiaries to 3, 675,972 from 4,279,100 for this year’s […]

MEC removes 53 names suspected minors in voters roll

Published on November 9, 2020 by Edgar Naitha

The pollster, Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has removed 53 names of people who were registered to vote in the November […]

NRB Records Over 1.5 Million New Births In Last Five Years

Published on October 19, 2020 by Edgar Naitha

The National Registration Bureau (NRB) says over 1.5 million new births have been registered into government database in the last […]

NRB Chief Director Mackford Somanje fired

Published on July 22, 2020 by Robert Ngwira

Chief Director for the National Registration Bureau (NRB) Mackford Somanje has been relieved of his duties with immediate effect. This […]

MHRC probes capturing of underage children in NRB data base

Published on May 21, 2020 by Robert Ngwira

The Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) is investigating reports of the capturing of underage children in the National Registration Bureau’s […]

NRB Institutes Investigations over Registration of Minors’

Published on May 20, 2020 by Flora Mitumba

National Registration Bureau (NRB) has set up investigations into the alleged registration of minors during Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) voter […]

NRB Boss Says MCP will Not Be Allowed to Audit Its Data

Published on May 19, 2020 by Flora Mitumba

National Registration Bureau Director Mackford Somanje has said Malawi Congress Party (MCP) will not be allowed to audit the National […]

MEC, NRB to hold joint press briefing over electoral commission data

Published on May 19, 2020 by Robert Ngwira

Malawi Electoral Commission and National Registration Bureau are to hold a press briefing pertaining to a number of issues relating […]

Activists condemn registration of minors

Published on May 8, 2020 by Edgar Naitha

Child rights activists in the country have condemned registration of underage to access national identity cards will have serious implications […]

MEC to screen for minors in voters’ roll

Published on May 6, 2020 by Edgar Naitha

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says it will screen the voters’ register in a bid to remove minors from the […]

Mtambo Calls for NRB Boss Mackford Somanje’s Resignation

Published on May 5, 2020 by Flora Mitumba

Commander in Chief for Citizens for Transformation (CFT) People Power Movement Timothy Mtambo is demanding immediate resignation of National Registration […]

DPP Accuses UTM of Discouraging Voters in Phalombe

Published on April 30, 2020 by Flora Mitumba

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has accused United Transformation Movement (UTM) of discouraging voters in Phalombe as second phase of voter […]

DPP Faults MEC, NRB in the Voter Registration Exersice

Published on April 30, 2020 by Flora Mitumba

The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has expressed concern with how the voter registration exercise is being handled by the […]

NRB Demands Over K50 Million for Monitoring, Supervision During Voter Registration

Published on April 27, 2020 by Flora Mitumba

The National Registration Bureau (NRB) has said it needs over K50 million for monitoring and supervision during the registration exercise […]

NRB Courts HRDC Over Issuance of National IDs

Published on April 17, 2020 by Flora Mitumba

National Registration Bureau (NRB) has invited leaders of the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) to discuss over concerns with the […]

NRB Deploys Staff to Districts To Aide Voter Registration Exercise

Published on April 13, 2020 by Face of Malawi

The National Registration Bureau (NRB) has finally heeded the call Legal Affairs Committee of Parliament made a week ago when […]