Macra to introduce house identification numbers
The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) has said it will introduce housing identification numbers and names for roads, streets and avenues even in rural Malawi to help the Malawi Police Service (MPS) detect criminal activities.
Director General for Macra, Daud Suleman, disclosed this on Monday in Lilongwe during the opening of a two-day workshop for police public relations officers (PROs) drawn from the Central West and Central East regions under the theme “Policing in the digital era”.
He added that the programme which will roll out in February in the northern region will help to enhance security of people’s property.
“This programme is very important. Every road and every area must have a name. Every house must have a number. This will help to develop our economy and help security agencies to easily locate citizens when in need of their services,” explained Suleman.
Suleman again highlighted that Macra has partnered with the Malawi Police Service in forming the Mobile Fraud Task Force comprising the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM), Airtel Malawi plc, TNM plc, Malawi Prisons Service and the National Registration Bureau.
Inspector General of Police, Merylne Yolamu, hailed Macra for its technical support in setting up a digital forensic laboratory expected to enhance the ability by the Malawi Police Service to detect criminal syndicates.
She said the support has come timely when police are struggling to adequately combat cybercrimes in the country.
“The world is migrating from analogue to digital, and so are crimes. This support comes at a time when we are struggling to adequately combat cybercrimes in the country, including electronic money fraud, as well as cyber-abetted crimes such as human trafficking and irregular migration, which put our country at risk of harbouring terrorists,” said Yolamu.
President for Public Relations Society of Malawi (PRSM), Benson Linje, said the two-day workshop will touch on various areas including campaign planning, effective communication and particularly how the police can proactively communicate to their audiences.
In countries where this technology was planted, still crime rate is high. Maybe you have other motive but you want to convince citizens with security issue
This is a good development in the digital era
We are seriously getting close to new world order coming in the disguise of climate change. Now the process to control people, their minds, culture and the genesis to persecution has been set in Malawi.
It’s unfortunate that the same mcp who were so opposing the procurement and use of spy machine, are now happily implementing it. One wonders what have changed?
Let’s work up. Pray like never before for the time prophecies in Mat 24 about a tribulation like never before is set and the man of sin is soon to be revealed.
Pa Jonz akuphana daily yet the country is more advanced than us izi zitipindulila koma
good idea
Mungofuna kuba ndalama apa, there won’t be continuity to that project and you it’s the truth.
Promote economic development, food security and infrastructure development which is a failed business ovcos lol.
Njira zofuna kuononga mtundu basi, instead mpange zakuchotsa mavuto alipo mudziko mkupanga izi. A Malawi msintha liti moyowu, basi aliyense angokhalira kuganiza ndidye bwanji chuma cha boma (misonkho ya anthu). Plz we need food, hospitality and etc. not this you’re bringing
Za ziiii.criminals ndi apolisi achi aziphuphu ndi katangalewo ndiamene apangidwe identify osati timanyumba ta anthu osauka akumizi
Thanks for the well-intentioned programme, MACRA. I hope the ID numbering regime will be well thought out, where the number will be able to tell you something about the location of the house, e.g. region and district.
Zomwe anachita a National Registration Bureau ndi za umbuli. Citizen’s ID numbers are supposed to be life-time numbers and must say something about the individual, e.g, date of birth and gender in the least. The ID card may have its own serial number and may expire, but the ID number of the individual must not expire with it, it must be transferred to the new document when it expires or gets lost.
Good idea Daudi
A Sulemani tiye nazoni, that’s the way to go. At least we know you have eyes that see beyond.
But you have to enforce housing planning policies too. In townships, houses are just all over the place. Villages and townships must have strong rules and policies about where a house should be built and where.
I support the ideology by introducing the house identification numbers and by doing so people will able to report give the right location or direction were the incident is occurring.
It will be a hell of headaches to do that in rural areas, instead it should start by mapping all streets on google and then thats when they can start house number identification……and this will take ages to be implemented. We know directions at home by knowing village name, trees near the village, rivers and schools. Most roads are made by pedestrians…. So what name will that type of street be called?
His ideas are great ideas but will be accomplished by the next generation to come.
Good luck Mr.
It’s a good development, and should not be incomplete
Izi nde ndakaika. Bwerani ndi ciganizo cina. Ku banger cemusa mbayani ncesi pwetekere ntandire house numbering???????
zayambikatu tiwona zithu 2023
All houses has numbers already….we do not want to see people writing another numbers while numbers are already on our walls… dont waste resources …use that money to fight cholera…use that money so that people may have fresh water all day ….people are dying of cholera now…this needs urgent attention….