President Bingu wa Mutharika on Thursday afternoon summoned Minister of Information, Principal Secretary and Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) board to Sanjika Palace in Blantyre. The minister Patricia Kaliati, the PS James Kalirangwe and Macra board chairperson Ted Nandolo were some of the top officials that appeared before Mutharika. Kalirangwe and Kaliati had to travel […]
The Malawi Communications regulatory Authority (Macra) board is divided over the purchase and implementation of the Consolidated ICT regulatory management systems (Cirms) machine otherwise known as the ‘spy machine’. Some board members have started distancing themselves from the irregularities connected to the purchase of the machine and have since confessed to the minister of information […]
Exposed! Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) flouted rules and regulations when they made an initial payment of $2.028 million for ‘spy machine’ (the Consolidated ICT Regulatory Management System -Cirms) despite the supplier, United States based Agilis International, not providing a bank guarantee as stipulated in the contract. According to the National Gazette (www.nationalgazette.net), the contract entered […]
Rawlvan Bennet, Executive Vice President of US based company Agilis International which sold Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (Macra) the dubbed spy machine is expected in Malawi on Monday to push for payment of the device which has a facility of ‘intercepting’ calls. Nyasa Times understands that the Consolidated ICT Regulatory Management System was bought at US$6.8 […]
Malawi’s electronic media should brace for more competition following the awarding of broadcasting licences to four TV stations and four radio stations by the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra). The regulator called for applications of TV and radio license application in 2009. Macra director general Charles Nsaliwa said the four television stations have out-bidden fellow […]
Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) top brass have been implicated in a multi-million scam on the purchase of the spy machine, saying they had to pay US$6.9 million to a US firm Agilis International when they were offered it at a cheap 1.5 million Euros by another firm. Insiders at Macra confided to Nyasa Times that […]
Capital Radio and Radio Islam are reported to have been disturbed with the position taken by the Malawi Communications Reguratory Authority (Macra) for publicly warning them for alleged breach of licence conditions. Sources from the both radio stations told Nyasa Times in separate interviews that the issues at hand was already sorted out during private […]
The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has issued warnings to Capital FM Radio Limited and Radio Islam for airing programmes it said breached their Licence terms and conditions and section 52 (2) of the Communications Act. Macra said Capital Radio insulted Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika during their ‘Day break Malawi’ Programme of April 28th, […]