Instability and confusion is reigning supreme at Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) after its Director General Godfrey Itaye took over duties of the Finance Directorate, despite being manned by professionally qualified and experienced director and deputy, Nyasa Times can reveal. Finance sources told Nyasa Times that with effect from Friday, all finance issues, including signing […]
Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) Director General Godfrey Redson Itaye has handpicked two cousins to governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) strongman Kondwani Nankhumwa, who despite moving to Local Government, still calls the shots at the communications regulatory body. Impromptu interviews were called for last week as a cover up where Dan Datchi, a direct cousin […]
Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) Director General Godfrey Itaye and fired board chair Mervis Mangulenje risk being sent to jail for failing to respect a court decision to allow its deputy director general Francis Bisika back to work, Nyasa Times can reveal. Bisika’s contract was terminated under suspicious circumstances just weeks after the board chaired by […]
Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA) says from 1st January, 2018, it will start reducing calling rates in order for people to make phone calls at affordable prices in the country. MACRA’s Director General Godfrey Itaye said this in Blantyre when he announced the setting up of maximum call termination rates towards improving affordability of making […]
Malawi is geered up to strengthen online child protection drive which is a threat to the development of the youth in Malawi. The Child Online Protection (COP) is being developed with support form government, Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) in partnership with International Telecommunications Union (ITU). Speaking in Lilongwe on Monday during the opening of a stakeholders […]
Following unearthing of maladministration and wrongful enrichment at Malawi Communications and Regulatory Authority (Macra) led by its Director General Godfrey Itaye, he has been on witchhunt on officers in oder to seal the leaks and recommended that his deputy Francis Bisika be fired. Nyasa Times understands that Bisika has been told to clear his decks […]
Malawi Communications and Regulatory Authority (Macra) Board Chair Mavis Mangulenje is at the centre of a dubious deal to supply a generator for Macra Lilongwe office which ended up supplying power to her own residence, Nyasa Times understands. Procurement specialist Joseph Ngalawa initiated the procurement process of a 5KA generator at the pretext of supplying power […]
Blantyre Senior Resident Magistrate Viva Nyimba on Wednesday granted bail to former procurement officer of the scandal riddled Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (Macra), Iton Chandiyang’ana, arrested by Fiscal Police on allegations of contravening the Communications Act registered against him. His lawyer Chancy Gondwe asked the court to grant bail, saying he was willing to be […]
Fiscal Police in Blantyre have arrested on Monday arrested former Procurement Officer at Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA), Aitone Chandiyang’ana in the wake of revalations of corporate financial malfeasance. Head of Malawi Police Service Fiscal and Fraud Section, Isaac Norman, confirmed the arrest, but they have not yet charged Chandiyang’ana. Last week Nyasa Times reported that Macra Bossa Godfrey Itaye was […]
Up to K135 Million has vanished from Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) after a ‘ghost contract’ to supply and deliver “developmental” calendars was dubiously given to Fattani Offset Printers, just next door to the regulator’s head office between February and March this year, Nyasa Times can reveal. Acting with abandon and arrogance, Director General Godfrey […]
Broadcasting regulators, Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) plans to ban media giant Times Group from showing on Times TV a television talk show ‘Hot Current’ on Times TV which is gaining popularity in Malawi as following the ‘truth telling’ discussion which is hosted by marverick broadcaster Brian Banda. The program which is featuring Times Group Editor-in-Chief […]
The taxpayer will be ordered to pay a US company Agilis International billions for breach of contract after Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (Macra) , terminated its contract to to supply and implement the Consolidated ICT Regulatory Management System (Cirms) – known in the eyes of the public as ‘spy machine’ . Under the contract with Agilis, […]
The Consolidated (ICT) Regulatory Management System (CIRMS) –widely known as Spy Machine – that has for the past four years received some resistance from certain quarters including the country’s phone operators will finally come into effect in January next year, Malawi’s communications regulatory body has said after the High Court in Zomba vacated TNM’s order […]