President Peter Mutharika has ordered the immediate reinstatement of Kamlepo Kalua as chief executive of Umodzi Holdings Limited, in a directive that appears to reverse his removal from the post. The instruction says Kalua should return to his position without delay and with immediate effect. No reason has been given for the decision. The instruction […]
There is a familiar quality to disputes in Malawi’s public sector: less argument over policy than over who, exactly, is in charge. The latest instalment comes from Umodzi Holdings, where the chief executive, Kamlepo Kalua, says the state-owned hospitality group is profitable and preparing to publish a positive quarterly report, even as the company’s board […]
Umodzi Holdings Limited, the state-owned operator of Umodzi Park Resorts in Lilongwe, reported a profit after tax of K1.2 billion for the first quarter of the 2026/27 financial year, up 14.5 per cent from K1.0 billion in the same period a year earlier. Unaudited results for the three months to 30 June 2026 showed total […]
Firebrand politician and member of parliament (MP) for Rumphi East, Kamlepo Kalua, has dismissed assertions being advanced on the social media that he benefitted from the free-for-all fuel sharing at one of the Malawi’s cash-strained parastatal organization, the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM). Kalua is among powerful politicians, businesspeople and members of the ethnic […]
Firebrand politician Kamlepo Kalua has urged people of Mbvunguti, Chizale and Zambo areas in Monkeyb ay to vote for President Peter Mutharika and his running mate Atupeke Muluzi in the June 23 court-ordered Fresh Presidential Election to achieve meaningful development. Kalua, who is Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, made the call during a […]
Firebrand politician Kamlepo Kalua, who was fearless and combative in denouncing the fierce and dictator Kamuzu Banda, in the early 90s, when winds of democracy stirred up the shores, has warned Malawians that Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has the desire for Malawi to slide back into one party state again under Tonse Alliance. Kalua, who […]
Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Kamlepo Kalua has maintained that he is heading a ministry which is infested with corruption and that land is being allocated to foreigners with Malawians taken out of the system. Kalua said he is heading “the most corrupt ministry in the country” fraught with “parallel structures” that facilitates […]
Newly appointed Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Kamlepo Kalua has said that he comes to a ministry – formerly held by Symon Vuwa Kaunda – which is infested with corruption but warned he will crackdown on dubius land, plot sales syndicate. Kalua, who has been a fierce critic of government on corruption, has […]
The construction of access roads in Areas 13, 16 and 19 in Lilongwe city is near competition, opening up the area to new developers who have recently been allocated plots. The roads, worth over K2.8 billion, are being constructed by the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development and has a total length of 6.2km. […]
From the early 90s to the present, no name has had the ruthless streak of being a hot political topic than that of Kamlepo Kalua. He was fearless and combative in denouncing the fierce and dictator Kamuzu Banda, in the early 90s, when winds of democracy stirred up the shores. Kamlepo, a former president of […]
Outspoken Rumphi East member of Parliament (MP) Kamlepo Kalua has been sworn in as Malawi’s Minister of Lands Housing and Urban Development and his work is cut out to deal with all corruption practices that have been rocking the ministry. Kalua has taken from Symon Vuwa Kaunda who has been moved to Environment, Tourism and […]
President Peter Mutharika has appointed a new Cabinet and appointed ministers and deputy ministers incorporating members of the United Democratic Front (UDF) – a partner of his own Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) — into the cabinet and drafted in veteran politican Kamlepo Kalua and former Speaker Henry Chimunthu Banda to try to broaden his popular […]
Outspoken Rumphi East member of Parliament (MP) Kamlepo Kalua on Thursday failed to convince parliament to stop roll call type of voting and switch to secret voting on the electoral reforms bills in the House, saying social media was intimidating. He said this after the social media activists harshly condemned him on Wednesday for siding […]
Malawi parliament allowed to waive the 28 days notice to accommodate Electoral Commission Act ammendment motion to be adopted as directed by the Constitutional Court on February 3 2020 The motion had to go into division before it was eventually adopted. During the division—the process where Parliament takes a vote by physically counting the legislators […]
Member of Parliament for Rumphi East, Kamlepo Kalua has said he will no longer oppose Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration for the sake of opposing but rather take a constructive-criticism line. He said this Thursday when Muslim World League distributed 1000 bags (of 25 kg each) of flour to poor families in Mlowe- Traditional Authority […]
Firebrand Rumphi East legislator Kamlepo Kalua has resigned as deputy leader of People’s Party (PP) in parliament and withdrawn his membership from the party with immediate effect, accusing it of being a party run by a family “full of tribalism”. PP is led by former president Joyce Banda whose son Roy Kachale is the vice […]
Rumphi East legislator Kamlepo Kalua (People’s Party-PP) has warned that tribes might evolve into unarmed militias if politicians continue to make tribal war or words. Kalua said in Parliament as some legislators are accusing each other on tribal lines. “Madam Speaker, I also fought for multiparty democracy in this country. I did not anticipate that one day […]
Member of Parliament for Rumphi East Kamlepo Kalua has bemoaned the declining standards of Malawi’s democratic values a scenario he said has helped retard national development since the inception of multiparty democracy. Kalua made the remarks in an interview on the side-lines of an orientation training organized for newly elected Members of Parliament in Lilongwe. […]