Lilongwe chief resident magistrate Violet Chipao has on Wednesday granted bail to Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) chief executive officer Collins Magalasi, his co-accused businessperson Dorothy Shonga who prides herself as ‘Cash Madam’ together with two co-accused persons n a case involving alleged fraud of over K107 million. Magalasi, a one-time chief economic advisor to former […]
Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) chief executive officer Collins Magalasi and co-accused persons have been denied bail. This is after the state had pleaded that the three suspects, who were arrested on July 29, know the witnesses to the case and may interfere with investigations. They asked that they should continue being held in custody […]
Our attention as Nyasa Times has been drawn to a raging debate on social media with regards to authenticity of the doctorate degrees of some of our senior public officers in government. The debated has been caused after a scrutiny of doctorate degrees of two senior public officers: embattled Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) chief […]
Malawi Regulatory Authority (Mera) chief executive officer Collins Magalasi and his business partner Dorothy Shonga are to spend the weekend in police cell following the closure of courts in Lilongwe for disinfection over Covid-19. Magalasi, Shonga and two staff members at Mera are answering charges bordering on theft and defrauding Mera. The Lilongwe resident magistrate’s […]
A wealthy Asian businessman Karamat Ullah Chaudhry faces arrest over investigations of the procurement of a new mobile laboratory fuel testing van by Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera). Fiscal police have already arrested Mera chief executive officer Collins Magalasi and Bright Mbewe from Mera’s procurement department over the contract that relates to the procurement of a […]
Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) chief executive officer Collins Magalasi, entrepreneur and socialite Dorothy Shonga aka ‘Cash –Madam’ together with two other employees at Mera appeared before Lilongwe Magistrate Court on Wednesday where they were formally charged with three criminal offence after their arrest. The State told the court that the suspects were brought in […]
Malawi Police Services have arrested entrepreneur and socialite Dorothy Shonga, who owns D.C Brand Cloud, a local branding and marketing company, popularly known as ‘Cash-Madam’ after being implicated in bootleg deals at Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA). Police arrested Shonga on Tuesday following investigations that she was given a contract of supplying golf shirt to […]
Malawi Police Services in Lilongwe have confirmed the arrest of Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) Chief Executive Officer, Collins Magalasi over reasons the law enforcers are yet to disclose buy Nyasa Times understands its part of “clearing the rubble of corruption. ” The National Police public relations officer, James Kadadzera, confirmed the development, adding that […]
Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) chief executive officer Collins Magalasi has said the regulator does not copy international fuel prices but consider other local factors. Magalasi was reacting to remarks made by the country’s estranged vice-president Saulos Chilima that last Saturday’s fuel price cut is too little. Chilima said in his televised news conference on Wednesday […]
As a strategic approach in responding to any impending disruption of supply of fuels, Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) has activated the National Emergency Response Plan. This follows a lockdown in Iraq, which is the one of the world’s main supplier of fuel, due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic. A statement released by […]
Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) is formulating a training module for truck drivers to reduce in-transit fuel losses and costs. Mera chief executive officer Collins Magalasi said this in Zomba on Monday where he officially opened a five-day training workshop for trainer of trainers for bulk drivers. “We are building a pool of trainer of […]
Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) Wednesday engaged key stakeholders in the oil, liquid and gas industries on new service station construction and decommissioning guidelines aimed at promoting safety of people and their surroundings. Speaking during a meeting held at Capital Hotel in Lilongwe, Mera’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Collins Magalasi said the new guidelines are […]
Malawians will start dipping deeper in their pockets to pay for electricity as Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) has approved a tariff hike of 24.57% but has instructed the state-owned Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) to effect the raise when they starts using the generators. Mera chief executive officer, Collins Magalasi, disclosed that the […]
Economist Collins Magalasi who has been workings chief adviser to the president has been redeployed to as chief executive officer for the Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera), Nyasa Times understands. Magalasi leaves State House to replace Ishmael Chioko who has been working as MERA acting CEO. Chioko, a lawyer by profession, remains at the regulator […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader Lazarus Chakwera has accused the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)-led government of influencing the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) to award a contract of purchasing generators to a company with links to the party’s members, saying leaders are busy enriching themselves through corrupt means and are failing to fight corruption because “they […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) spokeswoman Jessie Kabwila has slammed the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) f or being “in denial” about citizens sleeping in empty stomachs, economic meltdown and healthcare crisis. Kabwila speaking at the just ended high-level conference of civil rights and religious leaders and academics, who met in Blantyre under the aegis of the […]
Radical changes are needed to revive Malawi’s economy, which is in bad shape and requires a fresh approach, Economics Association of Malawi (Ecama) has said. The group’s president Henry Kachaje said it clear in the light high inflation rate at 23 percent as of August 2015, according to National Statistical Office (NSO), high interest rates […]
Nigerian musician Davido took it to his Twitter page to announce to his fans of his impending visit to Malawi and the Beautify Malawi Trust (Beam) have confirmed that the music star arrives on Thursday to hold discussions with Beam founder and First Lady Gertrude Mutharika. “Malawi in a few days,” tweeted the ‘See Gobe’ star […]