After Nyasa Times revealed Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) boss Godfrey Itaye was canavassing at the Office of the President and Cabinet officials to influence renewal of his expired contract, four board members, two Principal Secretaries were ropped in between October and November claiming double rates in international travel allowancess. Board Chair Rev. Alex Maulana, board […]
Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) Director General Godfrey Redson Itaye has been clinging to his office three months after his contract expired, Secretary for Statutory Corporation sources confirmed with Nyasa Times. Itaye, according to documents in possession of Nyasa Times show his contract signed in August 2015 from MPC expired in August 2018. As Macra […]
Malawi Communications and Regulatory Authority (MACRA) said that the new economic regulations it has developed will enhance the legal and regulatory framework for the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry once they are operational. MACRA Director General, Godfrey Itaye said this on Wednesday in Blantyre during a Stakeholder consultation workshop on economic regulations which are […]
Determined to cover up stinking corruption at Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra), Director General Godfrey Itaye on Thursday engaged an extra gear by obtaining consent from the Director of Public Prosecution to privately prosecute a former employee suspected of whistle blowing into two multi-million kwacha contracts alleged to have dubiously awarded last year. Sitting at Blantyre […]
Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) procurement manager Aitone Chandiyang’ana accused of leaking top level K135 million dubious calendars deal which implicated Director General Godfrey Itaye, on Tuesaday pleaded not guilty. Chandiyang’ana is answering three charges of leaking information about the vanished of K135 million a from MACRA, an illegal transmission to online news Nyasa Times […]
Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) board met in Lilongwe last week as the graft busting body Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) camped at Macra headquarters to get to the bottom of stinking corruption at the regulatory body. ACB investigators stormed Macra Finance department from digging into dubious procurement deals worthy millions of Malawi kwacha after it recent;y opened investigations into two multi-million […]
Barely two months after Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) pounced on Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) for alleged multimillion kwacha top level corruption, Director General Godfery Itaye has grabbed three executive pool vehicles, disregarding the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets, Nyasa Times can reveal. The larger-than-life Itaye ordered the transport department to reserve executive […]
The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has set September 30 as the new deadline for existing phone users to register SIM cards, warning mobile phone users that any unregistered SIM cards will be disconnected thereafter. MACRA is calling upon the general public to go to their respective phone service providers to have their numbers before […]
Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) Director General Godfrey Itaye and two of its bosses have applied to High Court for an adjournment – which has been granted – to have thorough preparations in which they risk being sent to jail for failing to respect a court decision to allow its deputy director general Francis Bisika back […]
Blantyre Senior Resident Magistrate Court Monday dismissed a case in which Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) had arrested its procurement manager, Iton Chandiyang’ana, on allegations of contravening the Communications Act. Chandiyang’ana was accused of leaking top level corruption information othat was not meant for public consumption to the media including Nyasa Times. Senior Magistrate Viva Nyimba […]
It never rains but it pours for Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) deputy director general Francis Bisika as the authority has confiscated his official vehicle and other items despite court cases. Macra security personnel, along side police officers, Saturday morning stormed Bisika’s house in Blantyre where they reclaimed the Authority’s property, Toyota Prado registration number BU […]
Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) has shown open defiance to court by not complying with an order it earlier issued, requiring the communications regulator to allow its deputy director general Francis Bisika remain employed. Last week High Court judge Jack N’riva ruled that Macra allow Bisika back to work within 72 hours failing which three […]
Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) board is having an emergency extra ordinary meeting in Lilongwe at a time when investigators are probing corruption, Nyasa Times understands. The emergency meeting will be held while embattled director general Godfrey Itaye is out of the country accompanied by acting director of legal affairs Dan Chiwoni, who is allegedly behind […]
Declaration of Conflict of interest documents are suspected to have been doctored by the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) top management in the dubious award of multimillion contracts dubiously awarded last year to director general Godfrey Itaye’s parents-in-laws, Nyasa Times understands. The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has opened investigations into the contracts and ACB investigators from Lilongwe […]
The High Court in Blantyre has ordered Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) to respect its order and reinstate deputy director general Francis Bisika within three days, his lawyer Chancy Gondwe has confirmed to Nyasa Times. Gondwe said judge Jack N’riva made the order as the regulator has not been respecting the court to reinstate Bisika since it rejected […]
Malawi Communications and Regulatory Authority (Macra) top management has since Friday been working under pressure to correct scores of illegal and corrupt procurements, after leading private broadcaster Zodiak Radio and Television made the corruption investigation by the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB), a main headline news item, Nyasa Times can confirm. An angry Macra director general Godfrey […]
A week after Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) investigators pounced on Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) director general Godfrey Itaye for top level corruption, he has reportedly given Fiscal Police a sweetener to arrest and harrass on trumped up charges his deputy Francis Biasika, who he suspects has incriminating evidence against the Macra boss, Nyasa Times can […]
Corruption-busting body Wednesday afternoon stormed Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) demanding to see top boss Godfrey Redson Itaye in connection with rampant corruption at the institution, Nyasa Times can reveal. Itaye is at the center of top level corruption including awarding dubious contracts to his own parents in laws, worthy up to K19 million kwacha […]