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 […]
Background It is interesting that since the debate on (Consolidated ICT Regulatory Management System -CIRMS) also known as ‘spy machine’ started, Civil Society Organisations and human rights activists have not been very vocal on the issue. Their stance might be understandable given the technicalities involved and the damn lies emanating from the Malawi Communications Regulatory […]
Malawi Minister of Information is blackmailing telecommunication operators to accept the installation on the dubbed ‘spy machine’, the Consolidated ICT Regulatory Management System (CIRMS) or risk to have their licences revoked by government. Operators including Airtel Malawi Limited, Telecom Networks of Malawi (TNM), Access Communications Limited (ACL) and Malawi Telecommunication Limited (MTL) against the installation […]
Blantyre Rural East MP Henry Duncan Phoya (HDP) quarried government why it had to pay US$6.9 million for the ‘spy machine’ (Consolidated ICT Regulatory Management System -CIRMS) when the same machine costs other countries like Gabon only US$2 million. Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) had to pay US$6.9 million to a US firm Agilis International when they were […]
Journalists don’t reveal sources as a key tenet of media profession but authorities will be able to unmask them through the dubbed ‘spy machine’ – the Consolidated ICT Regulatory Management Systems (Cirms) – which Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) wants to install in the country, the four telecom operators have warned. Airtel, TNM, Malawi Telecommunications […]
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 […]
Macra and Agilis International Inc signed a contract agreement in which the USA firm is expected to install systems to help government agents to see and read your text messages, hear your conversations and read your emails in real time using Lawful Intercept. Lawful Intercept is the legally sanctioned official access to private communications, such […]
Malawi’s Vice President Joyce Banda says government recent acquisition of a spy machine is unconstitutional and a violation of people’s right to privacy. Banda, speaking during People’s Party (PP) regional launch held at Katoto Freedom Park in Mzuzu on Saturday, said there are high chances of the machine being abused because there is no real […]
A New Year same problems, as Malawians continue reeling from the economic malaise, Information Minister Patricia Kaliati is battling to keep her share of a bribe that has characterised the purchase of the “spy machine” which is said to have cost tax payers close to K1 billion. The Minister who returned to Cabinet on 6th […]