Malawi Congress Party (MCP) said the first 100 days into power their government will save about K240 billion a 40 per cent leakage of the total national budget which Malawi is losing through looting and theft at Capital Hill. The party’s Director of Campaign Felix Jumbe told journalists in Lilongwe on Tuesday that if voted into […]
The Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled that a section in Anti-Corruption Bureau’s (ACB) Corrupt Practices Act (CPA), which Humphrey Mvula and former Finance Minister Friday Jumbe were challenging and wanted declared unconstitutional, is constitutional. According to a statement from ACB, on March 24 this year, the Supreme Court in Blantyre ruled against the […]
Mourners filled the village of Anderson Jumbe, Traditional (T/A) Likoswe in Chiradzulu on Sunday to say their final goodbyes to former mayor of the city of Blantyre Luke Jumbe. Jumbe died Friday morning at Chitawira Private Hospital in Blantyre aged 68. Tributes flowed as his remains were interred. His brother, former minister of finance Friday […]
President of the New Labour Party (NLP), Friday Anderson Jumbe, on Thursday presented nomination papers to the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to run for presidency with former diplomat Joseph Kubwalo as his running mate. Jumbe could not pick his vice-president Sam Mpasu as running mate because of conviction disqualification and instead choose secretary general Joseph Kubwalo. […]
Former Finance Minister Friday Jumbe says President Joyce Banda is likely to lose the fight against the looting of public funds at Capital Hill if authorities will maintain the snail’s pace in handling the cashgate scandal. Speaking during the Contemporary Issues program on Radio Islam on Saturday, Jumbe said President Banda has completely diverted from her promise of handling the […]
Malawi’s opposition New Labour Party (NPL) President, Friday Jumbe, risks fresh charges of bankruptcy after a court rejected his application to dismiss judgment ordering him to pay K12 million he owes a lawyer, Kalekeni Kaphale. The former minister of finance and United Democratic Front (UDF) acting president owes Kaphale the said amount in legal fees from 2008 […]
As Malawian political parties are busy strategizing ahead of next year’s tripartite elections, the New Labour Party (NLP) has announced it is set to hold its first ever national convention next month. Formed late 2012 by former Minister of Finance, Friday Jumbe, the party said it would conduct its convention in Blantyre onOctober 26. NLP Vice President […]
New Labour Party president and 2014 presidential hopeful Friday Jumbe assessment on the state of the Malawi economy was rife with full of contradiction through the remarks he made on Zodiak Broadcasting Service Tiuzeni Zoona interview programme on Sunday. Jumbe, an economist who served as finance minister in the United Democratic Front (UDF) led government, decried the state of […]
Malawi’s former Finance Minister, Friday Jumbe and former Central Bank governor Victor Mbewe have described as “vain” a key statement made by the Finance Minister Ken Lipenga during the presentation of 2013/14 budget in parliament on Friday, saying it failed to highlight, clarify and summarize issues contained in the main financial plan. The two renowned economists speaking on ‘Contemporary Issues’ […]
Former Finance Minister and now president of the New Labour Party (NLP) Friday Jumbe says corruption has became endemic in Malawi, accusing President Joyce Banda and her government of failing to show real vigour to fight graft. According to Jumbe, who ironically has also a running corruption case in the courts, says corruption is worsening […]
Neurologist George Nga Ntafu, who dumped the former ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) has snubbed the offer to join the New Labour Party (NLP) and joined the ruling People’s Party (PP) instead. NLP is led by former UDF members Friday Jumbe, Sam Mpasu and Joseph Kubwalo. The invited Ntafu to join their party, but he […]
Former finance minister Friday Jumbe has decried the high-level corruption in the country, describing Malawi as a failed state. Jumbe, who is heading New Labour Party sympathetic to governing People’s Party, noted on Friday that graft in Malawi is worsening. “Malawi is a failed state because of corruption. Economy is in reverse. There is no proper order […]
Former Minister of Finance, Friday Jumbe newly formed New Labour Party (NLP) – A splinter group of Malawi’s former ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) of former president Bakili Muluzi – has been registered by the Registrar of Political Parties with former Speaker of Parliament, Sam Mpasu named interim vice-president. The party which opted for Red as […]
Malawi’s former finance minister Friday Jumbe is challenging President Joyce Banda’s administration to highlight the economic achievement it claims has been registered after the introduction of the much-touted Economic Recovery Plan (ERP). Jumbe, who is also the president of the newly formed New Labour Party, was reacting to a statement from Finance Minister Ken Lipenga that […]
Former Minister of Finance, Friday Jumbe newly formed Labour Party (LP) has revealed its party colour, slogan and symbol in readiness for a national launch set for January next year. Jumbe told Nyasa Times in an exclusive interview on Tuesday, the political grouping has chosen red as its colour with a burning torch (muuni) as […]
Former United Democratic Front (UDF) interim president, Friday Jumbe, on Tuesday apologized to all members of UDF, its leadership and the entire family of the former president Dr Bakili Muluzi, for the mistake he made during his working in the party. Jumbe, who is now the leaders of the newly formed Labour Party, made the […]
Malawi’s political rabble-rouser Kamlepo Kalua who has been backing President Mrs. Joyce Banda has for the first time attacked her government accusing it of “abandoning God” for suspending a law banning same-sex relationships. Kalua has been strong backer of the President’s economic reforms since Banda took over as the country’s leader following the death of Bingu […]
Former finance minister, Friday Jumbe announced Tuesday, the launching of his party now transformed from his faction in the opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) and he is calling it Labour Party. Jumbe made the announcement at his Superior Hotel in Blantyre that he has formed Labour Party to “transform” Malawians economically and socially with main focus on […]