Zodiak Online can reveal that the National Registration Bureau (NRB) is failing to issue National Identity cards (ID's) due to faulty printing machines, the Bureau's Spokesperson, Norman Fulatira, has confirmed.

Some interns and civil servants undertaking the mass national identification exercise registration have threatened to withdraw labor arguing they have not been paid since the commencement of the exercise.

The National Registration Bureau (NRB) has conceded that over eight million children in Malawi under the age of 16 are being denied the right to legal identity for their speedy access to justice and other social services.

Child rights activists have warned registration of underage to access national identity cards will have serious implications on child rights protection.