Bingu interrupts World Cup matches

President Bingu wa Mutharika is riling Malawians over his live and repeat broadcasts on Malawi Televison (TVM) when World Cup matches are in session.
TVM has this week interrupted the soccer matches, the first time on the continent, at least twice, forcing Malawians who rely on the state broadcaster to cough a fortune to watch the matches in video rooms.
TVM is said to be a public broadcaster, yet it is registered as a private company- a pointer, yet again, of Malawi's archaic laws.
Mutharika is the current African Union chairperson, and his decision to allow TVM broadcast his functions when World Cup matches are in progress in making him more enemies than friends.
The enemy is the common man, while the friends are the foreign dignitaries who visit him and interrupt World Cup matches when, in fact, they record or watch the matches at their preferred time.
John Changalume, one of the soccer addicts, says Mutharika should ban TVM from broadcasting his functions when the matches are in session.
"Perhaps he doesn't care because he will not stand for presidency again in 2014. But it's a bad decision bordering on poor timing. The guy should have good advisers,' said Changalume in Blantyre.