MCP for wealth creation—Jumbe
Malawi Congress Party (MCP)campaign director Felix Jumbe says when ushered into power next year, the party will make sure that it deals with poverty by helping the poorest of the poor to have three basic necessities.
For the 31 years that MCP was in power its policies hinged on food security through the improvement of agriculture. During that period, there were agriculture schemes in all the regions and farmers were encouraged to form farmers clubs for easy distribution of farm inputs.
Said Jumbe: “When Kamuzu was coming to Malawi in 1961, he told the people straightaway that he did not bring a bag of cash for distribution, but that wealth was in the soil and if people work hard in their farms, they will have their basic necessities. When we come back into government, we will make sure that people have good houses that do not leak when it is raining, clothes as well as enough food.”
He said this country had not given priority to agriculture; hence it is buying food from its neighbours.
Jumbe was speaking in Salima on Sunday during a meeting where he was being introduced to some MCP committee members.
“Malawi used to be a bread-basket and we could feed our neighbours with ease, but now what is happening is the complete opposite. We are importing maize from Zambia and yet we have plenty of water to do winter cropping. With proper systems, we will take Malawi back to the glory days of Kamuzu where farmers were the richest people in the country,” said Jumbe.
He advised the people not to make their decisions due to monetary influences, but they should settle for members of Parliament who will help them change their lives for the better.
One of the party officials Osward Mwala said the people of Salima are eager to vote for MCP because it is the only party that prioritised on agriculture and did not loot government resources.
“Today, people are stealing from government in broad day light and they want to use that money to be voted into power. If they bring money to you, receive it gracefully but do not forget to ask them where they got it because some of them are involved in the cash-gate,” said Mwala.
