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(c) is a member of Parliament;
(d) is a Minister or Deputy Minister;
(e) is a member of a committee of a political party at district, regional or national level.
Avoidance of
conflicts of
interest
91. —(1) No member of the Board of MBC may be a director or employee of any other
body which directly, indirectly or in concert with one or more other bodies exercises control
over a licence to provide a broadcasting service.
(2) Any member of Board of MBC who has a personal or professional interest in any matter
which is to be considered by the Board shall, as soon as practically possible, disclose such
interest to the Board and, if the Board so decides, shall not take part in any consideration or
discussion of, or vote on, any question touching such matter.
Director
General and
other
employees of
MBC
92. —(1) The Board of MBC shall appoint a Director General, who shall be the chief
executive officer of MBC and, subject to the general supervision and control of the Board,
shall be responsible for—
(a) the day to day operations of MBC;
(b) the management of funds, property and affairs of MBC;
(c) the administration, organization and control of the staff of MBC.
(2) The Director General or, in his absence, such other employee of MBC as he may
designate, shall attend meetings of the Board and of any committees of the Board and may
address such meetings, but shall not vote on any matter:
Provided that the person presiding at any meeting may, for good cause, require the
Director General or such other officer to withdraw from such meeting.
(3) The Board of MBC may appoint such other employees, subordinate to the Director
General, as the Board deems necessary for the discharge of its functions under this Act.
(4) The Director General shall have the power to appoint employees of such junior ranks as
the Board of MBC may specify.
(5) The Board of MBC may pay to the persons in its employ, or provide them with, such
remuneration, allowances, pensions, gratuities and other employment benefits as the Board
may, after having obtained such professional advice as it may deem fit, consider as being
competitive in the employment market in Malawi.
93. It shall be the duty of MBC to conduct its affairs in such a manner as to secure that,
taking one year with another, its gross revenue from all sources is sufficient to meet its
outgoings properly chargeable to revenue account, including reasonable allocations to the
general reserve and provision for the depreciation of capital assets and the repayment of
loans; and, further, to ensure that its net operating income in any year is sufficient to secure an
annual return on the value of the net fixed assets employed of such percentage as the Minister
may from time to time direct.
Financial
duty of MBC
94. —(1) The funds of MBC shall consist of—
Financing of
MBC
(a) such sums as may, from time to time, be payable to MBC from the moneys
appropriated by Parliament for the purposes of MBC;