Kamlepo implicates ‘shameless’ Chaponda on his kidnap: Speaks in Malawi Parliament

Firebrand politician and Rumphi East legislator Kamlepo Kalua gave a statement in Parliament on his abduction, naming and shaming fired Agriculture Minister, Dr George Chaponda and the Deputy Inspector of the Malawi Police Duncan Mwapasa of being behind his abduction. He also accused police of staging the whole plot and misinforming the public that he […]

Kamlepo orders Malawi govt to reinstate Auditor General removed budget

Co-chair of a joint Public Accounts Committee and Budget Committee Kamlepo Kalua has ordered the government to immediately reinstate a US$30 million budget for office complex for the National Audit. Kalua made the order on Wednesday when Auditor Genneral Stevenson Kamphasa appeared before the committee in a parliamentary cluster meeting. Kamphasa complained that the current […]

Kamlepo says ‘feels good’ to be back for parliamentary duties: Chairs crucial cluster meeting

Outspoken Rumphi East member of Parliament (MP) Kamlepo Kalua on Tuesday said it felt good to be back for parliamentary duties when chaired a crucial cluster meeting in Lilongwe since his account of being abducted for 11 days by suspected regime thugs. Kalua chaired a Public Accounts  and Budget Committees which had Accoutant General Williams Matambo […]

Kamlepo to reveal his abductors at Rumphi rally: Some North Malawi are enjoying ‘blood money’

Tormented Rumphi East legislator Kamlepo Kalua says he will conduct a political rally in his constituency to reveal names of names  of his abduction  for 11 days and insists it was work of the regime. Kalua who still fears his abductors might have been put some dangerous substance in his body through food or otherwise […]

Kamlepo wants medical tests in South Africa: Dausi says MP‘s abduction account ‘trivial, inconsequential and fallacious’

Tormented Rumphi East legislator Kamlepo Kalua says he want to travel to South Africa for further medical examination fearing regime thugs who abducted him  for 11 days might have been put some dangerous substance in his body through food or otherwise. Kalua, who is also People’s Party (PP) third vice-president and vice-chairperson of Parliament’s Public […]

Speaker wants Kamlepo to be heard on his abduction: Law expert says staging own kidnap not an offence

Speaker of the National Assembly Richard Msowoya has said he would compel Rumphi east MP Kamlepo Kalua tell the House his side of the story on his  abduction which Malawi Police has said it was staged. Firebrand politician Kalua was not in the House on Monday when Information  Minister Nicholas Dausi said the abduction never […]

Speaker asks Dausi to give report on Kamlepo abduction

The National Assembly Speaker, Richard Msowoya has asked Minister of Information and Communications Technology Nicholas Dausi  to furnish his office with details on the alleged abduction of Rumphi East Member of Parliament Kamlepo Kalua. Kalua, who is PP third vice-president and one of the fierce critics of President Peter Mutharika’s administration, was reported missing by his family few weeks […]

Malawi Police to prosecute MP Kamlepo over ‘faked abduction’: Family says ‘cheap propaganda’

Malawi Police has threatened to take to court outspoken Rumphi East Member of Parliament (MP) Kamlepo Kalua  and prosecute him on what the law enforcers claim he  faked  his kidnap. His family reported the legislator  was missing after  he has been at loggerheads with public tax collector Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) and Malawi Police Service […]

Kamlepo’s Benz on Interpol wanted list

One of the vehicles the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) seized from firebrand politician and Parliamentarian, Kamlepo Kalua for allegedly evading customs duties, is on International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) wanted list, Nyasa Times understand. MRA on Wednesday last week seized Toyota Land Cruiser V8 registration number KA8966 and Mercedes Benz registration number RU5437 from Kalua after a search at his residential houses […]

Kamlepo still at large as MRA, Malawi Police return vehicles

Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) and Malawi Police Service on Tuesday returned the three vehicles belonging to firebrand politician Kamlepo Kalua and his son which they seized by the two State agencies but Kalua remains missing. The High Court in Blantyre ordered the two State agencies to release the vehicle and gave  Kalua a temporal relief […]

MP Kamlepo missing, gets court order stopping his arrest: MRA, Malawi Police ordered to return impounded vehicles

The High Court in the commercial capital Blantyre Sunday ordered the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) to release vehicles it impounded belonging to firebrand Rumphi East parliamentarian and People’s Party (PP) vice president for the north Kamlepo Kalua pending a judicial review. Last week MRA escorted by heavily armed police officers stormed Kalua’s house in Blantyre […]

MP Kamlepo claims ‘persecution’: Malawi Revenue Authority used as tool of political witch-hunt

Outspoken Rumphi East member of Parliament (MP) Kamlepo Kalua, who has been at loggerheads with government over his whistleblowing on alleged corrupt practices in government, has described a Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) raid at his house in Nkolokosa and his son’s place in Namiwawa, Blantyre on Wednesday as political persecution. MRA seized Toyota Land Cruiser V8 registration […]

MRA Seizes Kamlepo’s two ‘hot’ cars for evading duty

The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has confirmed that’s its officers on Wednesday pounced on vocal and controversial politician and Parliamentarian, Kamlepo Kalua and seized two vehicles for allegedly failing to pay customs duties. MRA seized Toyota Land Cruiser V8 registration number KA8966 and Mercedes Benz registration number RU5437 from Kalua after a search at his […]

120 MRA, Malawi police officers raid Kamlepo’s house

Firebrand Rumphi east legislator Kamlepo Kalua has lambasted the President Peter Mutharika government for unleasing over 120 Malawi Revenue Authority  (MRA) and police officers Wednesday night to his house to search for unpaid duty vehicles and guns. In an interview on Thursday morning, Kalua, a fearless critic of President Mutharika and his government said he […]

Kamlepo threatens to report Malawi govt to World Bank, UN over high levels of corruption

Firebrand deputy chairman of parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Kamlepo Kalua has threatened to report the Peter Mutharika administration to the World Bank and UN, among others for the high levels of corruption. Kalua, Rumphi east MP, said the government was frustrating efforts to probe the wealth of former president Bingu wa Mutharika. “The government […]

Malawi Parliament needs K10mil to probe rotten ministers in K236bn cashgate

Parliament’s Public Affairs Committee (PAC) has said it needs K10 million to fund its probe of six cabinet ministers involved in K236 billion cashgate. PAC vice chairman Kamlepo Kalua said as soon as Treasury releases the money,  they will start the inquiry. “It will be live on Times radio and Zodiak TV,” he said. He […]

Kamlepo criticises Malawi govt over favouritism in cement, malata subsidy program

Firebrand opposition Peoples Party vice president Kamlepo Kalua has criticised the government for favouritism in the tax payer funded cement and malata subsidy program. Kalua, who is Rumphi east MP, said the program is going on smoothly in the south especially in the Lhomwe belt but it is facing problems in the north. “Yet this […]