The Media Council of Malawi (MCM) wishes to remind its stakeholders that the Elective General Assembly (EGA) will be held on Friday, 12th January 2024 in Lilongwe at Crossroads Hotel from 8am to 5pm.
The Council is also reminding its stakeholders that the composition of the Board of Trustees is based on elective slots as per the Constitution clause 6.1.1 which says that; “the Board of Trustees shall have a maximum of 11 (eleven) and a minimum of 7 (seven) members comprising representatives from paid up media members; members of the public appointed from each of the following institutions: the Public Affairs Committee (PAC), the Council for Non-Governmental Organizations (CONGOMA) and the Malawi Law Society (MLS); and a Chairperson who shall be a person of very high standing in society who may be a veteran in the media profession or a highly respected member of the public with passion for the media in the country”.
On 20th November 2023, MCM published a notice of the EGA and called for all interested candidates for the position of Board Chairperson to submit their Expressions of Interest to the MCM Secretariat by Friday, 15th December 2023. Meanwhile, the Secretariat has one Expression of Interest from Dr. Jolly Ntaba, a veteran Journalist, currently a Lecturer of Media Studies at the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS), and a Media Consultant.
Further to the composition of the Board of Trustees, the MCM Constitution stipulates that seven Trustees should be elected from the membership “Provided that the media members shall always be drawn from: (a) one community media house (b) one religious media house (c) one private print media house (d) one private electronic media house (e) one public media institution (f) Directorate of information as ex-officio (g) Online media institution”.
Below is an updated list of paid-up members who are eligible to attend, contest and vote for positions as guided by the MCM Constitution.
The updated list be accessed by clicking here while the MCM Constitution can be accessed clicking here.
