People’s Party (PP) spokesperson on finance Ralph Jooma has accused the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP0 government of selective implementation of the austerity measures, saying the strongman Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation George Chaponda is busy globetrotting despite the travel ban. Jooma was speaking in Parliament on Monday in his response to the Mid-Term […]
People’s Party (PP) has named Member of Parliament for Mangochi Monkey Bay, Ralph Jooma as its new vice president and former energy minister Ibrahim Matola has been confirmed as its secretary –general. The party has however not filled the position of vice president (south), saying the leadership is making “consultations.” Previous holder of PP vice president (south), Brown Mpinganjira […]
Former economic planning minister Ralph Jooma has said radical changes are needed to revive Malawi’s economy, which is in bad shape and requires a fresh approach. The Mangochi-Monkebay parliamentarian for People’s Party (PP) told parliament that his party has “serious reservations” with the assumptions that are underpinning the 2015/16 national budget currently under debate in […]
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe has been asked to come clear on when government will raise the salary on civil servants with Mangochi Monkey Bay MP and People’s Party (PP) spokesperson on finance in Parliament, Ralph Jooma saying the minister has not been “transparent enough.” Gondwe presented to Parliament for deliberation […]
Malawi opposition have labelled the proposed 2015/16 National Budget presented by Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe as an illegal document because it violates the provisions of the Public Finance Management Act and not backed by any current economic and fiscal policy. Malawi Congress Party (MCP) spokesman of finance, Dowa West MP Alexander Kusamba Dzonzi and Mangochi […]
Chief whip for ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Henry Mussa stood on a point of order in parliament when opposition Peoples Party (PP) chief which said the opposition benches care and are the watchdog of the electorate while the DPP lawmakers did not care. The PP chief which said the opposition lawmakers are the ones […]
Malawi Police officers stormed the home village of spokesman for finance in the opposition People’s Party (PP), Ralph Jooma in Monkey bay and conducted door-to-door searches without warrant and harassed villagers in a mysterious operation that has Officer in Charge of Mangochi and Inspector General of Police are not sure who sanctioned the cops. The […]
The Mid-term Budget Review Statement, presented by Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe has been faulted by opposition People’s Party (PP) as lacking detail and “consumptive.” In his statement, Gondwe said government has under-spent by 1.5 percent of the total expenditure of the targeted K365.7 billion by mid-year. Gondwe also proposed a […]
Spokesman for finance in the opposition People’s Party (PP), Ralph Jooma has said they will demand explanation on the K737 billion (US$1.6 billion) budget expenditure which they will critique before allowing a debate on additional allocations. Parliament in the capital Lilongwe resumes sitting Monday to review the first six months of implementing the 2014/15 National […]
The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has said it has decided to have the National Cancer Centre built in Blantyre rather than Lilongwe as earlier communicated because the ‘principles’ of the loan, Opec Fund for International Development, felt the centre be constructed adjacent to a medical school. Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall […]
Former economic planning minister Ralph Jooma has described the K7 billion budget allocation to the subsidized cement and iron sheets programme by the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)as irrational, saying the figure is astronomical and misplaced priority. The Mangochi-Monkebay parliamentarian remarks follows what leader of opposition in Parliament Lazarus Chakwera said that government should have […]
Former ruling People’s Party (PP) has backed the call by the leader of opposition Lazarus Chakwera for government to prosecute individuals who looted public resources in the previous Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration while continuing with investigations into the 2012/13 Cashgate under PP rule. In PP’s contribution to the responses to the nation address, Ralph […]
Minister of Economic Planning Ralph Jooma on Friday abused his ministerial powers and orchestrated arrest of Admarc officer, Maside Chambo for refusing to provide storage for maize belonging to the ruling Peoples Party (PP). Jooma ordered Mangochi police to arrest Chambo, Unit Market Officer at Nkope Admarc depot in Mangochi-Monkey Bay constituency, on a charge […]
Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS) journalist, Raphael Mlozoa was on Friday, 25 August 2013 assaulted by bodyguards belonging to Malawi’s minister of Economic Planning and Development, Ralph Jooma. Mlozoa was accused of publishing false news by the minister. ZBS editor, Pilirani Phiri, confirmed the incident to the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) and said the […]
The Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) is yet to redeem its camera which was seized over the weekend by angry Muslims of Mangochi sub mosque. The Muslims confiscated the camera belonging MBC Television last Saturday after the state broadcaster’s journalists from Mangochi studios allegedly entered the mosque and started shooting prayers without permission from authorities. The […]
Police in Malawi’s southern district of Mangochi were on Sunday evening forced to detain a correspondent for a privately owned Zodiak radio Raphael Mulozoa for refusing to retract a story aired on the radio earlier in the day . Mulozoa had reported about the beating up of Economic Planning Minister and Ralph Jooma and the confiscation of a camera […]
Irate Muslims in Malawi’s Muslim dominated district of Mangochi have beaten up Minister of Economic Planning, Ralph Jooma for directing television crew from the state broadcaster Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) to take video images of Muslims who were praying at the Mangochi sub mosque without permission from mosque authorities. Eyewitness told Nyasa Times the Jooma met his […]
Business in the Malawi National Assembly came to a brief standstill on Wednesday after the issue of the K61 billion wealth said to have been accumulated by the country’s former President Bingu wa Mutharika sneaked into the day’s business with government claiming that the money was stolen from the public pulse. The accusations has since […]