The main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) expelled Member of Parliament (MP) for Salima Central Felix Jumbe and senior member Chatinkha Chidzanja Nkhoma have come out fighting after being expelled from the party and challenged the National Executive Committee (NEC) decision, saying they will fight on. The two plan to challenge the decision in court, […]
The Salima Central parliamentarian Felix Jumbe has said that he is impressed with how maize is being delivered at the districts Admarc depot saying he does not see a room for hunger this year. This has comes at a time when other people were complaining that local sellers are not given a chance to sale […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Dr Lazarus Chakwera on Thursday confirmed a report by Nyasa Times the sanction imposed by the party national executive committee (NEC) that Salima Central Member of Parliament Felix Jumbe be expelled and suspended member of Parliament for Salima North West, Dr Jessie Kabwira as well as MP for Lilongwe Mapuyu, […]
The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Lakeshore Region has asked party leader Dr Lazarus Chakwera to make a final decision regarding Deputy Director of research Felix Jumbe who they accused of being a confusionist and cashing in on ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to cause chaos in the party. Lakeshore regional chairperson, Mr Chidzanja was speaking […]
Former Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president John Tembo has put himself on offer to mediate on the continued problems rocking his former party. Tembo said he is not happy with the protracted war between party president Lazarus Chakwera and some of his senior party leaders. “There is need to be tolerance in the party, as […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) deputy director of research Felix Jumbe has advised his party president Lazarus Chakwera to stop listening to praise singers. “Otherwise the party will fall apart. Some people are engulfing Chakwera to victimise others,” said the Salima Central legislator on state run MBC a day after the party reshuffled him from […]
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has written Speaker of the National Assembly to relocate embattled Salima Central MP Felix Jumbe from Agriculture committee which he chairs to Defense Committee as an ordinary member. This is a continuation of a political show down between the party and its deputy director of research which started a […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) shadow minister of Agriculture Felix Jumbe has said security detail for party president Lazarus Chakwera might have been involved in the attacks of the followers of MP Jessie Kabwila at a political rally in Salima over the weekend. In a rare interview with state controlled Malawi Broadcasting Corporation, Jumbe who is […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) spokesperson Jessie Kabwila says the party cadres beat up her supporters at a rally in Salima over the weekend. “I do not want to speak much on the matter I can confirm that my supporters were indeed beaten up,” said Kabwila who is also the party’s shadow cabinet minister for Gender. […]
Salima Central MP Felix Jumbe on Tuesday asked the government to come out and assure the nation that there are enough stocks of maize in the country following reports that Zambia will not be transporting the 300 million metric tonnes of maize until September. Jumbe said the delay to transport the maize to Malawi would […]
Wanga Gwede –Nyasa Times Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP)leadership of Lazarus Chakwera is plunged into chaos— as he carried out a disastrous frontbench reshuffle moving maverick Salima North West Parliamentarian Dr Jessie Kabwila to the backbench. Kabwila, who is also spokeswoman for MCP, has of late been overshadowed in the party. MCP appointed another lawmaker […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) executive member Felix Jumbe has played down reports that he wants to dump the party that sponsored him into parliament for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Jumbe made the remarks after some members of the MCP openly attacked him on social media, describing him as a “sale out” after he […]
Peacock Seed company on Tuesday donated 1000kgs Peacock maize seeds worth K1.2 million to Maganga ADC in Salina for winter cropping. Speaking during the donation function, Peakock Seed Executive Director Felix Jumbe said the seed will cover 50 hectors. “As a company, we wanted to contribute to government efforts by helping farmers with irrigation farming following the […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has demoted Salima Central MP Felix Jumbe from his position as campaign director to an obscure position of deputy director of Strategic Planning in a National Executive Committee (NEC) shake up. Jumbe is reportedly being in bad books with MCP leadership for politically flirting with ruling Democratic Progressive […]
Opposition legislator Felix Jumbe has become the lone opposition figure to back President Peter Mutharika claims that no one has died of hunger and the country had enough maize stocks this last year and this year. Jumbe’s comments are likely to pity him on a collision course with his leader, Lazarus Chakwera of the Malawi […]
Chairman of Parliament’s Agriculture Committee Felix Jumbe has sharply condemned the loot of millions of money from the ministry of Agriculture asking the government to move in swiftly to recover the money. Jumbe was commenting on ‘agriculture-cashgate’ which has resulted in the government interdicting 74 civil servants from the ministry and 36 others are expected […]
Member of Parliament for Salima Central Felix Jumbe has commended Pacific Group Limited, a local investment company owned by Malawians of Asian origin, for loaning out 20 motor bikes to 20 bicycle taxi operators – Kabaza – from Salima. Jumbe thanked Pacific for bailing out the taxi operators and appealed for prudence on the part […]
Minister of Agriculture Allan Chiyembekeza has been called to abandon his “stubborn refusal” to take advice from Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture. Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture, Felix Jumbe, said Chiyembekeza is displaying a “stubborn” altitude not to take advise form his committee. “If only the Ministry of Agriculture had adopted the recommendations that our committee […]