Malawian jazz icon, Wambali Mkandawire has been appointed into the MCP national executive committee (NEC) as executive member while former Farmers Union of Malawi (FUM) president Felix Jumbe has been elevated to the post of Campaign Director. In a new list of MCP NEC members, the party’s president Dr Lazarus Chakwera has also brought in MCP veteran […]
As the main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is geared to hold its long waited convention on August 9, some candidates have expressed total confidence of winning the votes. The party convention committee headed by Joseph Njobvuyalema postponed the meeting for two times due to some disagreements with the party as to who is supposed […]
One of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopefuls Felix Jumbe has said Malawians will go without food this year as there is no maize in the silos. Launching what he calls “Wealth creation for all” campaign, in the capital Lilongwe on Friday, Jumbe said government has failed to purchase enough maize to stock the storage […]
“Whatever my people should have or not, I want them to have three basic things. Enough food, decent clothes and houses that do not leak,” founding president late Ngwazi Kamuzu Banda’s simplified, household wealth creation strategy and focus on agricultural production. As daggers have been drawn for the showdown at this month end convention, it […]
Presidential aspirant for the country and Malawi Congress Party (MCP), Felix Jumbe has said too little has been done to achieve real progress in government’s Economic Recovery Plan (ERP). Jumbe said although it is evident that the first step that Malawi needs to do to achieve sustainable economic recovery is value addition of agricultural produce […]
Some farmers and the Consumer Association of Malawi (Cama) have called on traders and service providers to be fair to members of the public and reduce prices due to gains that the Kwacha is registering. Already the Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) announced the decrease of fuel price . Cama Executive Director John Kapito said […]
A renowned farmer and executive chairman of the Peacock seed multiplication and farm produce company who is also one of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential aspirant Felix Jumbe has called on government and stakeholders in the social economic development spheres to consider nullification of socialism and adopt worthy creation policies if the country is […]
Zodiak Broadcasting Services (ZBS) on Friday held its first presidential debate – between three aspirants for Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president in the forthcoming tightly contested poll. Presidential hopefuls who have presented their nominations papers include former cabinet minister Jodder Kanjere, Malawi Assemblies of God president Rev Dr Lazarus Chakwera, current secretary general Chris Daza, […]
As the opposition Malawi Congress Party’s national convention is nigh, Farmers Union of Malawi (FUM) president Felix Jumbe has announced his resignation from the association and has since revealed his intention to contest for MCP presidency. Jumbe made the revelation at a news conference he held in Lilongwe on Wednesday night. “I have resigned from […]
Farmers’ Union of Malawi (FUM) President Felix Jumbe who is also the board chairperson of Export Development Fund said exporting procedures in Malawi are rigid and frustrate many farmers such that there is urgent need to address the issue. Jumbe said in the current procedure one has to go to Ministry of Agriculture and Food […]
Farmers Union of Malawi, a grouping of over 78 associations of farmers is asking government authorities to ensure that all culprits involved in Mangochi subsidised fertilizers scandal should been prosecuted. Police in Malawi’s southern district of Mangochi on Friday evening impounded a truck registration number KA 5310 belonging to Simama Transport after 600 hundred bags […]
Farmers in the country have been asked to have keen interest in dairy farming if they were to improve their live. Felix Jumbe, President of Farmers Union of Malawi, said a research that they conducted recently revealed that unlike farmers who solely grow crops, a dairy farmer is capable of making more than double profits […]
Farmers in the country have been asked to form associations if they are to make meaningful profit in their business. Vice President Khumbo Kachali made the call on Thursday when he opened the 8th Annual Congress for the Farmers Union of Malawi (FUM) at Bingu International Conference centre in Lilongwe. The Conference’s theme is: “Agricultural […]
Farmers Union of Malawi (FUM) has called for the establishment of a farmers regulatory body, christening it the, Agricultural Produce Market Regulatory Authority (APMRA) saying it should be responsible for setting prices and ensuring that farmers’ economic interest are protected. FUM argued that Malawi Farmers lack bargaining power hence they get duped or cheated by vendors […]