By Cathy Maulidi:
Multichoice Malawi has said it wants to operate in a fair corporate landscape that would benefit both the company and customers.
Multichoice Malawi Corporate Affairs Manager Zena Makunje said this Wednesday after meeting the Media, Information, Communications and Technology Committee of Parliament, which is looking into the issue of the withdrawal of DStv services from Malawi.
“Our goal is simply to operate in a fair corporate landscape,” Makunje said.
Commenting on a letter from Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) to Multichoice demanding payment of licence fees, Makunje said the company has decided to hold its peace and let fair judgement play out.
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“We have seen that letter but we don’t want to go back and forth on issues prematurely. We want this particular issue to be resolved once and for all.
“The matter is in court and we expect a fair judgement to take place for us to address our customers with the most accurate findings from the current situation. Just to keep the peace, we don’t want to comment on anything that may be inaccurate and misguided at this stage,” she said.
On his part, Information Minister and government spokesperson Moses Kunkuyu said the government also wants a win-win situation.
He also said they want laws to be followed.
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“We have always been willing to provide that win-win situation but the conditions are not given on case-by-case basis. There are laws that govern the whole process. It’s the application of the laws that will set the whole pace. Where one does not understand or abide by the laws, that’s when we seek proper interpretation of the laws,” Kunkuyu said.
Chairperson for the committee Susan Dossi described meetings with the two stakeholders as fruitful.
“We have met Multichoice and Macra [officials]. We had fruitful discussions but we haven’t finished our inquiry since we are expected to have a roundtable in the near future because we want this matter to be resolved out of court,” Dossi said.
