Controversy is refusing to die at Malawi Regulatory Authority (Macra) as more drama unfolds as some of the section directors are still in office after their positions being declared illegally and improperly occupied. Deposed and embattled MACRA Director General, Godfrey Redson Itaye was illegally and wrongfully sitting on interview panels during the recruitment of almost […]
The two others are MACRA Director of Finance Ben Chitsonga and procurement specialist, Joseph Ngalawa.
The three are accused of abuse of office by authorising payment of over K8 million for Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) cloth.
When the case resumed for hearing today, the state paraded its third witness Martin Mpata, who is General Manager for Mapeto David WhiteHead and Sons Limited.
Mpata was initially the first witness in the previous hearing but his testimony was cut short due to some irregularities.
In his testimony Mpata was initially the first witness in the previous hearing but his testimony was cut short due to some irregularities.
February 9, 2021 Osman Faiti - Nyasa Times 8 Comments
State prosecutors have said they will parade seven witnesses to testify against former Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) director general Godfrey Itaye and two others are being accused of abuse of office.
Itaye: Pleads not guilty
MACRA’s director of finance, Ben Chitsonga: Pleads not guilty
Itaye and his two co-accused Macra director of finance Ben Chitsonga and procurement specialist Joseph Ngalawa on Monday entered a plea of “not guilty” when they appeared before acting chief resident magistrate Godfrey Balaka in Blantyre.
The trio is accused of authorising payment of about K8 million for the printing of party cloths for former governing party Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).
February 2, 2021 Green Muheya - Nyasa Times 9 Comments
Former director general at Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) Godfrey Itaye has been slapped with a charge of abuse of office alongside Macra director of finance Ben Chitsonga and procurement specialist Joseph Ngalawa.
Itaye: Abuse of office at Macra during DPP era
MACRA’s director of finance, Ben Chitsonga
Itaye was arrested at the end October 2020 on allegations of fraud when he served as director general at Macra. He was released on bail days later.
The abuse of office charge was formally slapped on the trio on Monday when they appeared before Blantyre Magistrate Court.