Inside information in Malawi Voice’s custody indicates that Jolly Ntaba Jnr. PhD scored the highest in interviews for Director General of the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) and is earmarked to be offered the job within next week.
Ntaba, a former journalist at the public broadcaster is currently a journalism professor at the University of Malawi’s Polytechnic having obtained his PhD from a South African University last year.
Coming second is Chakuchanya Harawa, a former MBC reporter himself, currently working with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in London, United Kingdom.
According to our impeccable source, coming third is the current Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Director of Media and Public Relations, Sangwani Mwafulirwa.
The source further disclosed that George Kasakula, an Editor-in-Chief with Times Media Group came a distant fourth in the interviews that were conducted about a fortnight ago in Lilongwe.
“However, the political powers are pressing for Kasakula’s appointment because of his open allegiance to the Malawi Congress Party,” said the source.
The development has forced the administration to delay the results as they are planning on how to doctor them.
MBC is searching for a new boss following the firing of Aubrey Sumbuleta, who is currently embroiled in sexual harassment scandal.
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The actions by tonse should not be left unchecked. All these manoeuvres: Clever political arrests, mec commissioners suspension, firing of dpp suspected cadets heading government parastatals and implicating them in the end, etc. are all political plans to gag democracy and for them to keep governing through dubious means. Even utm is cornered and if not careful will cry foul. These guys are ruthless and they are in a ferocious campaign to clear all the hitches standing on their way to 2025 yet to be tough battle without the hrdc, judiciary and utm backing. The main threat to them eminates from the south and for that matter dpp is the major one. Don’t relax mcp doesn’t joke when it comes to human rights abuses when it smells political power grabs. Surprisingly everyone is retreating slowly paving way to this monster. Even malawi voice jitters. They are afraid of being summoned to the police headquarters. Apm held a press brieving yesterday, and yet malawi voice is very silent to publish it. What a drama?!!! What are you scared of????
We don’t want politics in the appointment of MBC’s director general , the highest scorer should take the post and those that failed should not find their way to the top post , no matter what type of allegiance to the ruling party is.
Politics should find no place in the appointment of MBC’s top post , the highest scorer should take the post , people are watching very closely , try the distant fourth and face the demos.