Dust has finally settled down at Nkope in Mangochi district after Samson Naoza was finally installed Group Village Headman (GVH) Chiwalo V with government assuring him of its full backing. Installation of the new chief was nearly stopped by another party that had gone to District Commissioner’s (DC) office a day before the event to […]
Malawi’s Economic Planning and Development Minister Ralph Jooma has allayed fears that the Kwacha which is reportedly appreciating against the United States dollar will again start depreciating soon after the tobacco selling season, saying the government has already put measures to protect the currency from losing value after the tobacco marketing season. He was responding […]
Malawi government says it has only managed to raise $1 billion of the $4.5 billion required to fully implement the ongoing Economic Recovery Plan (ERP). This is contained in the ERP’s implementation strategy which notes that other likely sources of financing for the ERP are regional and international financing initiatives. “The estimated cost for the […]
Newly appointed Minister of Economic Planning and Development, Ralph Jooma and Deputy Minister of Finance Dr Cornelius Mwalwanda were on Tuesday sworn in at a ceremony that took place at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe. Speaking after administering oath, President Joyce Banda advised the two to work with the rest of the cabinet as a team […]
Malawi’s newly appointed Economic and Development Minister Ralph Jooma Saturday morning survived an accident after his official vehicle, a white Toyota Camry, overturned in Balaka. The minister was rushing to Chileka Airport in Blantyre to escort President Joyce Banda who has left for the United Kingdom on official duties. The minister told Nyasa Times in […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda has elevated deputy minister of finance, Ralph Jooma to the portfolio of Economic Planning and Development Minister, taking the place of Goodall Gondwe who resigned Friday. As a new Economic Minister, the Mangochi-Monkeybay ParliamentarianJ has a task of finding ways of how best to make the much touted Recovery Economic Plan […]
As members continued to debate on the State of the Nation address, deliberations in the house were nearly thrown into turmoil as an argument rose when Deputy Minister of Finance Ralph Jooma stirred up some controversy in the House when he accused Nkhotakota Central Member of Parliament Edwin Banda over the suit which Banda. Banda, a […]
Malawi’s deputy minister of finance, Ralph Jooma, MP, has protested over a fake account on social networking website Facebook in his name while also defaming him. On the Facebook page, there were obscene and lewd messages posted against opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) president and presidential candidate for 2014 elections, Atupele Muluzi. “I am deeply […]
Atupele Austin (AA) Muluzi, who is presidential candidate for the opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) has raised alarm over fake Facebook account bearing his names and images. He said the Facebook account of ‘Atupele Muluzi’ is not his and asked the public to ‘ignore and treat it as mischievous.’ The presidential hopeful however said he […]
Malawi Government will give least paid civil servants a salary increment of over 40 percent, from July 2012, while highest paid civil servants will get just 11 percent. Deputy Minister of Finance, Ralph Jooma, told official Malawi News Agency (Mana) that the 21 percent which Finance Minister Ken Lipenga announced in parliament was an average […]
There was pandemonium at Nkope village in Mangochi district early Sunday when community members captured a young man who has been supernaturally breaking into people’s houses to sleep with women and girls while in their sleep. Irate villagers beat up the young man, identified as 25-year-old Gift Bakali, before surrendering him to Monkey Bay Police […]
Former students of Bwaila secondary school will Sunday, 27th November, meet at their old school campus in Lilongwe where they discuss how to organise a reunion event for the former students next year , Bwaila secondary will celebrate golden jubilee -50 year – next year since it was opened. According to the organisers, the meeting […]