The Public Appointments Committee (PAC) of Parliament has confirmed the appointment of Reyneck Matemba who is set to become Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director and Reverend Alex Maulana as new board chairperson of Malawi Communications Authority (Macra), Nyasa Times understands. Committee chairperson Lingson Belekanyama that his committee is assessed and confirmed the two names that were […]
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 Parliament’s Public Appointments Committee on Monday interviewed Rev. Alex Maulana as new board chair for Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra), in a move to replace Mervis Mangulenje, who has been at the centre of top level corruption at the regulatory body. Rev. Maulana was the first person to be interviewed by the Committee as […]
Member of Parliament (MP) for Chitipa South Werani Chilenga told Minister of Information and Communications Technology Nicholas Dausi in Parliament that he is getting plagued by “please call me” SMS service from Airtel Malawi. Chilenga told the Minister that he is irritated by the ‘please call me messages’ generated by Airtel due to network failure when […]
Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has said it will roll out the second phase for the national address and post code project starting with commercial city of Blantyre. Macra director general Godfrey Itaye is on record saying that nce fully operational, the project will enhance service delivery in the posts and courier industry following the introduction […]
The scandal riddled Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has more rot with the latest revelations that the regulators want to buy land in Blantyre next to Blantyre Sports Club for K1.4billion from OG Plastic which would facilitate money laundering, Nyasa Times understands. The land is being offered to Macra at K1.4 billion for 1.4 hectares […]
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 […]
Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) Director General Godfrey Itaye is caught up in a multimillion kwacha tenders contract in which he influenced the Internal Procurement Committee to award his own mother in-law’s firms Kai Kalion Agency and Cartrack Malawi Limited deals worthy 17 million Kwacha, The Anti Corruption Bureau confirmed Friday. Itaye is alleged to […]
The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) says plans were underway to introduce a national broadband strategy that will provide an all-inclusive and coordinated network across the country. Speaking during a consultative meeting held on Thursday with its stakeholders, the Director General for MACRA, Godfrey Itaye said the broadband which is yet to be formulated would […]
Malawi governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) of President Peter Mutharika may face serious internal squabbles ahead of the 2019 general elections should the party’s youth grouping, Blue League (BL), continue with its well-calculated scheme to create parallel party structures and identifying parliamentary candidates in constituencies where there are already serving DPP MPS. According to close […]
Director General of Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) Godfrey Itaye has said cyber-crimes are a challenge all over the world and that countries have lost millions of money due to the malpractice. Itaye made the remarks on Tuesday during the signing ceremony of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Malawi Police Service on spectrum management […]
Malawi Mobile Limited (MML), a private company that sought to establish a mobile phone network, has filed an appeal against an earlier judgement of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) Court that dismissed its K98 billion compensation claim. MML, through private practice lawyer David Kanyenda, argues that the appointment of the court’s […]
Minister of Information and Communications Technology, Nicholas Dausi, has challenged communications regulatory bodies in the SADC region to develop policies that would enhance ICT services for economic development. Dausi made the remarks in Lilongwe when he graced the opening of three days Universal Access and Service Committees meetings of Communications Regulators Association of Southern […]