Afro-pop singer Keturah is accusing the Copyright Society of Malawi- COSOMA of favoring other artists in the distribution of royalties.
The artist, full name Keturah Milimo made the allegations on Sunday evening through her official Facebook page.
” COSOMA we have unfinished business. You will not favour those you want to favour. We work so hard for what we love and you’ll not downlook our efforts.
Upset with Cosoma: Keturah
Let other musicians bow but I’m going to voice out,” reads the Facebook post in part.
COSOMA through Arts SACCO, recently distributed over 400 million Kwacha to artists using the funds collected from Blank Media Levy among others.
Driemo, Kell Kay, Zeze and Eli Njuchi are among the artists that received huge amounts of money from the Society.
Red Lions delivered a mighty upset as they secured a 1-0 victory against Silver Strikers at Balaka Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
Lions took the lead after 28 minutes through Brown Gondwe and while Silver grew into the game, they were unable to find a response.
On a number of occasions, the central bankers were able to win possession and create a number of scoring opportunities in the first half — only to stumble at the final hurdle.
The second half saw the visitors coming very strong but Red Lions goalkeeper Nenani Juwaya was always equal to the task, denying Silver the much needed equaliser and the Zomba-based soldiers would hold on for a gutsy victory.
In the second half both teams made a number of changes as Duncan Nyoni paved way for Zebron Kalima at the beginning of the second half and Atusaye Nyondo and George Chaomba replaced Adiel Kaduya and Innocent Shema in the 65th minute.
Red Lions on the other hand, brought in Davie Meja and Fergason Mtondo for Ronald Pangani and Moses Namkumba in the 51st minute and Franklin Titani paved way for Alfred Sapanga 15 minutes later.
Red Lions player Innocent Makalani was shown matching orders for a second yellow card after kicking Silver Strikers forward Stain Davie.
After the match Juwaya was voted man of the match for his brilliant performance.
Following the loss, the capital city giants have slipped to position 2 while Red Lions have moved a step up from the relegation zone with 18 points, just a point above 14th placed Blue Eagles FC.
Elsewhere, Dedza Dynamos beat Chitipa United 1-nil at Dedza Stadium to move to position 7 on the log table.
Man of the moment Clement Nyondo scored the only goal of the match 5 minutes before half time from the penalty spot after he was fouled by Chitipa United captain Chris Lwemba.
Lwemba was later shown a Red Card after threatening to beat center referee Chidziwitso Simbi forcing the visitors to finish the match with 10 men.
Despite the loss, Chitipa remain third in the Standings while Dynamos have moved to position 7 and they have so far accumulated 22 points.
In Blantyre, Nyasa Big Bullets were 3-nil winners against rookies Extreme FC at the Kamuzu Stadium to move back to the top of the league.
Man of the match Patrick Mwaungulu broke the deadlock in the 24th minute after receiving an assist from Frank Willard.
Yamikani Fodya doubled the lead for the defending champions from the penalty spot in the 75th minute before Anthony Mfune scored the other goal five minutes later.
The People’s team are now top in the standings with 34 points, two points above Silver Strikers while Extreme continue to anchor the table as they have only accumulated 10 points after playing 17 games.
In Lilongwe, Blue Eagles and Bangwe All Stars drew 2-2 in an exciting match that took place at Nankhaka Stadium.
Back from suspension, Schumacher Kuwali scored the first goal for Eagles just 4 minutes into the game but Robert Saizi levelled the scores 9 minutes later.
Emmanuel Lino put the visitors ahead in the 37th minute but Eagles found the back of the net again in the 64th minute through Richard Lapson.
Following the draw, Blue Eagles are now third from the bottom with 17 points from 17 games while Bangwe are now on position 8 with 21 points.
United Transformation Movement(UTM) Eastern Region Deputy campaign director Mwayi Kamuyambeni, has on Saturday dumped his party and joined the ruling Malawi Congress Party (MCP).
Speaking when MCP district officials were welcoming him into the party, Kamuyambeni said he has joined the party to contribute effectively to President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera’s vision for the country’s development.
“I have seen that the current ruling MCP has at heart the dream to develop Malawi. A lot of development activities are happening under current MCP leadership and I want to be part of that,” said Kamuyambeni.
Kamuyambeni being welcomed
On his part, MCP Ntcheu District Chairman Mlalazi Senzani said everyone is welcome to join the party as it strives to serve Malawians better.
“The MCP door is open for everyone and you are all welcomed to join MCP so as we develop Malawi,” he said.
Kamuyambeni who was a former Democratic Progressive Party(DPP) member of Parliament for Ntcheu West Constituency (2014-2019) joined UTM in 2020.
The battle between MultiChoice Malawi and the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) keeps on widening as now MACRA demands over 19-million-kwacha unpaid license fees from Multichoice Malawi.
According to MACRA, the amount is required to be paid back within 30 days.
This follows a notice of withdraw of DSTV services in Malawi which Multichoice issued after a high court injunction stopped the company from adjusting upwards tariffs.
Through the letter that 247 Malawi has in possession, MACRA Director General Daud Suleman has further ordered Multichoice Malawi to submit its Audited statements for 2022 for calculation of 2022 levies.
The company has also been told to put in place measures to ensure smooth exit, especially regarding how refunds to consumers would be made, especially those that would have paid beyond the shutdown date as well as compensation to consumers for the proprietary DStv equipment that will become obsolete after the shutdown date.
“In light of the service withdrawal, we expect Multichoice Malawi to communicate with us regarding your next steps towards fulfilling your SMS license, which will be impacted by Multichoice Africa’s withdrawal of its DSTV services,” says Suleman in a letter.
He adds :”You are further advised that once the voluntary revocation is completed, any broadcasting without an applicable license issued by the Authority is an offence under Section 187 of the Communications Act and that the Authority will not hesitate to take appropriate action against you in line with the Act against anyone who conducting illegal broadcasts.”
But in his comment on the matter, Consumers Associations of Malawi (CAMA) Executive Director, John Kapito has blamed the two sides for the continued battle which he fears will disadvantage ordinary Malawians.
For a long time Malawians have had an appetite for buying things outside the country rather than exporting the same.
No wonder, the former president Dr Bingu Wa Mutharika repeatedly said lets turn our economy from importing to an exporting country.
According to the Reserve Bank data, Malawi imports $3Billion worth of goods and exports only $2Billion worth of products, living out $ 1Billion deficit of Dollars.
This disparity is a great cause of strain to the economy and gives pressure to the already scarce dollar.
If you go to Shopright, Game Stores, you will find alot of products which are imported but can be sourced locally.
This is the time as a country, to import products which cannot be sourced within the country.
Its time Government encourages local manufacturing and punishes chain stores importing things which can be found locally.
Its time Malawi should start making their own tooth picks.
We have alot of bamboos within the country why should Malawi import these from China?
According to Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) Chief Executive Officer, Malawi used to require an average of about $300 million worth of products but when prices on the international market rose, the country came to a level that needed almost $600 million despite that the country’s export base did not double.
“And this put a lot of strain on our major importers because they could not readily access dollars and, eventually, we relied on whatever we had in our strategic reserves,” Kachaje said.
National Oil Company of Malawi (Nocma) Director of Operations Micklas Reuben says quantities of the commodity being brought into the country are not enough.
“There is a problem of forex shortage. There are also delays in payment of invoices for suppliers and in getting letters of credit confirmed. All these impact the flow of the product. As such, we are not importing to the expected levels,” Reuben is quoted as saying.
He added that monthly consumption of fuel is around 51 million litres but the country is importing around 40.8 million litres.
All this points to the fact that there is great need to double our efforts in venturing into manufacturing and source more Forex.
Lets encourage Malawians to buy our own products such as furniture , cooking products. This will help NOCMA raise its its stocks from their strategic reserves.
According to Nocma, the country has 60 million litres of fuel reserves for both diesel and petrol in all the three reserves in the country.
Thus Blantyre depot has a storage capacity of 18 million litres of diesel and seven million litres of petrol, just like Lilongwe depot, while Mzuzu has a capacity of 10 million litres for both diesel and petrol.
