Malawi government said Sunday it will contribute a military company to the 4,000 member Southern African Development Community (SADC) Peace keeping mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo to fight M23 rebels, Vice President Khumbo Kachali has announced. The Vice President, who represented President Mrs. Joyce Banda to the SADC extraordinary meeting of the Heads of State held […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda said she was “very confident” of victory in the 2014 presidential elections, firmly declaring that she did not see any formidable competitor in the fight for State House. Banda made the remarks Saturday in Bangwe township, Blantyre where she officially launched the public works programme, inspected the Malawi Council for the […]
The report that Vice President Khumbo Kachali had grabbed vehicles from the National Aids Commission (NAC) and from Ministry of Health was “politically motivated” and given by disrguntled staff who have been on top of corruption deals, a top official in the Office of President and Cabinet has said. National Aids Commission Board minutes indicate […]
Government has defended the appointment of Vice-president Khumbo Kachali to head Malawi’s Electoral Commission (EC), arguing the appointment will ensure smooth preparations for 2014 tripartite elections. The government’s stand comes amid criticism from various commentators including political parties, civil society, analysts, and in the middle of rumors that the Office of President and Cabinet (OPC) […]
Vice President Khumbo Kachali on Friday visited the Malawi Cargo Centre (MCC) at port of Dar es Salaam Friday to appreciate how it carries out its functions. Malawi Cargo Centre was opened 20 years ago following the closure of Beira and Nacala routes due to civil war in Mozambique in the 1980s. It was then […]
Malawi Vice President Khumbo Kachali has been stripped off the portfolio of Health Minister in a mini-cabinet reshuffle announced on Thursday but has been given a controversial job of being responsible for the Electoral Commission. In the full cabinet list named by President Joyce Banda and released by Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC), […]
Fresh from the bed gate scam in Dowa, Vice President Khumbo Kachali is at it again. This time he has snatched a top of range car Toyota VX V8 which the National Aids Commission bought for its Executive Director Francis Bisika. In addition, Kachali, who is also Minister of Health, has instructed the ministry to […]
More Malawians continue being diagnosed with HIV with the country registering 1000 new cases every week and over 50 000 every year. Vice President Khumbo Kachali disclosed this Saturday during this year’s National World AIDS day event that took place at Nsanje Secondary School in Nsanje. The vice president, who is also Minister of Health, […]
Lilongwe magistrate court has sentenced a 42- year -old man, Frackson Soko to four months imprisonment with hard labour for failing to stop for vice president Khumbo Kachali’s motorcade. The offence, according to state prosecutor Assistant Superintendent Damiano Kaputa is contrary to section 123 of the Road Traffic Act (RTA). Kaputa told the court that […]
Malawi Vice President Khumbo Kachali on Wednesday paid a surprise visit to Tsabango Primary School 1 in Area 23, Lilongwe. The visit initially was supposed to be undertaken by President Mrs. Joyce Banda. During the visit the Vice President was briefed by the School Committee and Management on the challenges the school is facing, including […]
Malawi Vice President Khumbo Kachali on Saturday led Lilongwe Golf Club players at a K5 million-fund-raising tee-off tournament, organized by the Area 12’s Lingadzi Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP). Kachali teed off the 75-minute Golf tournament, with smiles and seriousness. Speaking to reporters, Kachali said he was happy to participate in the tournament on […]
The Vice President Khumbo Kachali said Friday there is a vacancy rate of 75% of nurses and midwives in the country which puts extreme pressure on them to meet expected delivery of quality health services. The Vice President expressed the sediment at Kamuzu College of Nursing In Lilongwe when he officially opened the 3rd National […]
WANTED: a magic wand to clean out the foul toxicity in the political air. Required: a disinfectant to suppress the foul virulence in our political rhetoric. Sought: detergent with which to launder violence out of our way of doing politics. Desired: a metamorphosis of our criminal justice system so that it ceases to be an instrument […]
Reports from States House reveal that Malawi’s vice president Khumbo Kachali and Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security Uladi Mussa are under pressure from President Joyce Banda over the remarks they made during their recent Mangochi rally which forced minister of economic planning and development Atupele Muluzi to resign. Impeccable sources say President Banda […]
Malawi’s ruling People’s Party (PP) has extended an olive branch to main opposition block in the land Malawi Congress Party (MCP) in a bid to boost its parliamentary figures. This followed a meeting the party’s vice president Khumbo Kachali held with MCP leader John Tembo Monday night at his official Area 12 residences that was […]
Malawi government says it has resumed talks with Libyan government on the construction of a district hospital to be built at Kameza in Blantyre. Malawi set up diplomatic ties with Libya government in 2001 during the reign of former President Bakili Muluzi, who often said Malawi would benefit from co-operation with Libya. Late Colonel Muarmar […]
The bed-snatching saga at Mponela Rural Hospital benefiting Mzimba, which is Vice-President and Health Minister Khumbo Kachali’s home district resurrected in National Assembly when opposition Democratic Progress Party( DPP) lawmaker Jean Kalirani asked Kachali to furnish the House with a report n what happened. The transfer of beds from Dowa to Mzimba triggered controversy when […]
In a clear manifestation that witchcraft is real in Malawi, the country’s vice president who is also Minister of Health, Khumbo Kachali on Tuesday while speaking in Parliament pleaded with one of the legislators to ask traditional leaders in her area to convince their subjects to stop bewitching health workers in government institutions. The vice […]