The Supreme Court of Appeal on Wednesday, August 4, 2021 ruled in favour of Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) employees whose contracts were recently nullified by the former Ombudsman, Martha Chizuma, allegedly because their employment was irregular.
In her investigation report on MACRA’s recruitment processes, dated May 10, 2021, the former Ombudsman invalidated 16 employment contracts after detecting several procedural illegalities and irregularities.
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MACRA proceeded to implement the Ombudsman’s order and dismissed the employees.
The affected employees included Director General, Godfrey Itaye, Administration Manager, McDonald Pato Phoya, Technical Advisor on Digital Migration, Benson Tembo, and Director of Administration, Henry Macheso, among others.
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 Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) board is set to meet today April 12 to deliberate on an imprecating report by the Office of the Ombudsman.
On Monday, April 10, Ombudsman Martha Chizuma released an investigative report exposing massive recruitment irregularities at the authority.
The report has nullified over 10 top appointments at the institution, including that of former Director-General, Godfrey Itaye.
MACRA board Chairperson, Stanley Khaila, confirmed the board would meet today to discuss how to implement the report’s recommendations.
According to Khaila, today’s meeting will ponder recommendations that have been made by their legal committee which met yesterday.
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May 10, 2021 Watipaso Mzungu-Nyasa Times 8 Comments
Cheating does not pay, so the saying goes! The proverb has proven true for the former Director General (DG) for the State-funded Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA), Godfrey Itaye, and many others who have had their contracts with the Authority nullified today.
The Ombudsman Martha Chizuma has ordered the nullification of all the contracts Itaye et al following revelations that they were illegally and irregularly employed at MACRA.
Chizuma makes the sentiments when she released a report of her findings of her investigation into allegations of irregularities, nepotism, tribalism, abuse of office and other acts of maladministration in recruitment process of some staff members by Itaye whilst he was heading MACRA and his own recruitment.
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