Vocal opposition legislators have given rare applause to government for putting in place a vibrant system that would ensure every Malawian has a plateful food up to March next year, the next harvest season. Chairman of the parliamentary Agriculture and Natural Resources Felix Jumbe said on Friday he was amazed to see well stocked National […]
Opposition in Malawi are forecasting another economic turbulent year following the government messy handling of farm input programme, saying Malawians should expect severe food shortages that will push inflation up. However, Finance minister Goodall Gondwe says the government expects a 3 percent economic growth buoyed mainly by bumper yield unless El Nino shatters the dream […]
A group of Business Studies and Enterprise students from Mount Sinai International Schools on Friday toured Peacock Seed production company in Salima where among other things they wanted to appreciate how seeds get processed before going on the market. Speaking during the tour, Ahmed Nsiya who is the Business Studies and Enterprise teacher, emphasized that […]
An academician and a renowned Malawian writer has suggested to government to reduce the number of political constituencies in the country to 90 from the current 193. Stanley Onjezani Kenani, an influential political columnist in Sunday Times, says even if the constituencies are reduced, development programs would still be implemented through councillors who sit on […]
MCP president Lazarus Chakwera should stop molly-cuddling detractors such as Felix Jumbe in the party and instead should act decisively by firing them without qualms. MCP is one of the few freedom fighter movements in this part of Africa that have been out of power and if it is not careful it will remain there […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Dr. Lazarus Chakwera has been accused of flouting and raping the party’s constitution with impunity with the recent appointments that he made to its National Executive Committee (NEC) as the constitution is clear that only the convention has the mandate of electing members of NEC. Chakwera recently made several appointments […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) lawmaker Felix Jumbe has said he is being deemed as party “dissident”, saying despite rank and file plot to to frustrate him, he will not quit for ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Jumbe who was campaign director of MCP has been demoted in recent executive committee shake up by party president […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) lawmaker Felix Jumbe has displayed sheer modesty when he pledged to support party president Lazarous Chakwera despite being demoted from position of Director of Campaign in the executive committee to second deputy director of strategic planning. Jumbe also stressed that he is not bitter with Chakwera’s move to drop him from […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Campaign Director Felix Jumbe has trashed reports that he is campaigning against the leadership of Dr. Lazarous Chakwera and that he alongside Josephy Njobvuyalema are bringing confusion into the party. Jumbe said these reports which among other channels have been circulating on social media are just fabrications from people who don’t […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) campaign director Felix Jumbe has accused some senior members of the main opposition party of worshipping party president Lazarus Chakwera as a “super god”, saying the culture is derailing the party from following democratic path. In a radio interview Monday, Jumbe said some party officials are still not comfortable that he […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is facing a mist of rumours that a reshuffle is looming in the National Executive Committee (NEC)where former Peoples Party (PP) vice president Sosten Gwengwe and George Zulu are set to be incorporated into the system. Factions are said to have emerged in the largest opposition party. Nyasa Times understands that […]
Member of Parliament (MP) for Salima Central Felix Jumbe on Tuesday turned fellow Parliamentarians to laughter when he titled the 2015-2016 Budget which was presented in the House by the Minister of Finance Dr. Goodall Gondwe as ‘a thorn in the fresh of Malawians.’ Jumbe said this in Lilongwe when he was contributing to the […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP0 Members of Parliament from Salima have said that the public works program under Malawi Social Action Fund (MASAF) has failed to alleviate poverty among the rural poor. Speaking in turns on Tuesday during a briefing of the Salima District Council on the MASAF IV program, the parliamentarians Dr. Jessie Kabwila and […]
Members of the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) in the parliamentary committee on agriculture, have ganged up against their fellow lawmaker who chairs the committee Felix Jumbe by conspiring to ‘impeach’ him from his position. Inside sources in the committee told Nyasa Times that three MCP members proposed to the committee to have Jumbe removed from […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Director of Campaign, Felix Jumbe openly challenged president Joyce Banda on what he claimed is personalising the Ministry of Agriculture project on One Cow a Family. Speaking at a rally at Chipoka in Salima to mark the launch of the MCP manifesto in Salima South Constituency, Jumbe accused Banda of personalising […]
Malawi Congress Party’s campaign has received a boost as veterans in the likes of former party president John Tembo and former speaker of parliament, Louis Chimango coming in to support by either holding their own rallies or joining aspirants in their constituencies. Tembo, the outgoing Leader of Oppisition, has taken his own initiative to campaign […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) publicity secretary Jessie Kabwila and its campaign director Felix Jumbe have sailed through in the primary elections in Salima district to become the party’s parliamentray candidates in the May 20 2014 Tripartite Election. Kabwila, who is also a Chancellor College lecturer, won primary elections, beating two other contestants to become the party candidate […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) campaign director Felix Jumbe has commended United Democratic Front (UDF) flag career in the forthcoming presidential elections, Atupele Muluzi, for organising the first ever national policy conference for a political party in the country. Speaking at the policy conference in the capital Lilongwe on Thursday, Jumbe commended the initiative, saying the policies […]