Veep commends Malawians for being peaceful towards Tanzanians

Malawi’s vice President Khumbo Kachali has hailed Malawians for being cooperative and responding positively towards government request against revenging abuses that some Malawians based in neighbouring Tanzania had been going through by that country’s residents. A number of Malawians mainly from Karonga, Nkhata Bay and Mzimba who had been staying in Tanzania  were chased by […]

Malawi VP Kachali says no tit-for-tat onTanzanian nationals

Vice-President Khumbo  Kachali has appealed to all Malawians to desist from harassing Tanzanian nationals plying their trade in the country in retaliation to alleged ill-treatment that Malawians living in Tanzania are receiving from indigenous there. The call was made Tuesday, barely a day after Mzuzu Police blocked what would have been retaliatory xenophobic attacks on […]

Malawi gov’t builders bitter with VP Kachale over allowances

Builders in the building department under the Ministry of Lands and Housing are bitter with the Vice President  Khumbo Kachale and his office for not paying them their allowances when they pitch his podium every time he has a public function. Several builders from all the three regions corroborated the information and said they are […]

PP admits ‘civil war’, Kachali calls for unity

The ruling People’s Party  (PP) has conceded that it is rocked with infighting and heaped many of the problems it is facing ranging from divisions, violence, greed  to disunity on its officials from National Executive Committee  (NEC) members down to the constituency. Malawi Vice President Khumbo Kachali, who is also PP second-in-command speaking at a  […]

Chakwera, Kachali attend Kulamba ceremony

Vice President Khumbo Kachali and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Dr Lazarous Chakwera joined  thousands of Chewa people of  Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique in celebrating the Kulamba ceremony at Mkaika in Katete, Zambia The ceremony which was attended by Zambian vice president Guy Scott was presidend by Paramount Chief Kalonga Gawa Undi of the Chewa […]

Evangelical Lutheran Church celebrate 30 yrs in Malawi: VP asks for prayers on 2014 polls

Vice-President of Malawi, Khumbo Kachali Saturday asked the church to pray for the 2014 tripartite elections for them to be peaceful, free and fair to advance the country’s democracy. Kachali made the address during celebrations marking 30 years of existence for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Malawi (ELCM) in Lilongwe. “On behalf of the President […]

VP Kachali says DPP will never rule Malawi again

Malawi Vice President Khumbo Kachali has said the former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lost direction and should forget governing the country again. Kachali  alleged the DPP was an undemocratic because its former leader late Bingu wa Mutharika and his associates were busy dealing with dissenters. However, the VP noted the DPP steered the country during […]

Veep Kachali attacks ‘coward’ Tembo and ‘impolite’ Mutharika: ‘They cannot rule Malawi’

Malawi Vice President Khumbo Kachali has blasted veteran politician and president of the country’s main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP), John Tembo, describing him as a “coward” for clinging to the party presidency despite his old age. The vice president alleged  that 79-year-old Tembo, who is the leader opposition  in Parliament, could not be trusted […]

JB ponders on choice of running mate: Malawi VP Khumbo in the cold

With only less than 10 months before Malawians go to the polls, battlelines are now being drawn in the ruling People’s Party (PP) with latest information reaching Nyasa Times indicating that President Joyce Banda is shuffling her cards on who to pick as  her running mate, leaving current Vice President Khumbo Kachali in the cold. Insiders say the […]

VP Kachali asks clergy to pray for smooth Malawi 2014 tripartite elections

Vice-President Khumbo Kachali has asked the clergy to be praying for the nation as the country prepares for the forthcoming tripartite elections slated for May 20, 2014. Kachali asked the clergy on Saturday during silver jubilee celebration for Father(Fr) Eugene Ngoma of Saint Peters Cathedral of the Mzuzu Diocese. He reiterated that Government is committed […]

Malawi VP Kachali tells CHAM institutions to be accountable

Vice President Khumbo Kachali has asked Christian Health Association of Malawi (CHAM) institutions to always properly account for the money they get from government and donors if the problem of delayed funding is to be dealt with. Kachali made the sentiments Friday during the Seventh Nurses and Midwifery Technician Congregation at Ekwendeni College of Health […]

Malawi VP Kachali cautions PP aspirants, leaders

Malawi Vice President Khumbo Kachali, who is also Peoples Party (PP)  VP  – responsible for operations – has warned PP leaders to desist from being greedy by favoring parliamentary aspirants with financial muscle at the expense of others. Howevr, Kachali asked the aspirants not to be stingy but give out monetary handouts. “Mbweni mukuruta kwa […]

DPP is dead and buried at Ndata, says Malawi VP Kachali: Goodall snubs PP rally

Former Cabinet Minister and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) MP for Mzimba North Goodall Gondwe shunned a so-called development rally Malawi Vice President Khumbo Kachali held in his constituency forcing ruling Peoples’ Party stalwarts including Kachali himself to launch a verbal tirade against him and the DPP. Gondwe, earlier in the day accompanied Kachali and other […]

Malawi VP Kachali’s promised prison cell project stalls: Harry Mkandawire snubs VP on political grounds

Malawi Vice President Khumbo Kachali has come under fire for allegedly abandoning the construction of a K35 million cellblock at Mzuzu Prison which he pledged, Nyasa Times understands. Kachali and Peoples Party (PP) Treasurer General, Harry Mkandawire, while close pals in July last year pledged to build the block to ease congestion of inmates when […]

Abiti, KK, Makangala, Uladi ‘Chenji Golo’ must learn art of speaking:Tenthani’s Muckracking on Malawi ruling PP gurus

“Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent”– Dionysius of Halicarnassus Vice-President Khumbo Kachali, for sometime, was the undisputed champion of a guy who had the proverbial shoe permanently stuck in his mouth. There was a time he competed with himself to say the most bizarre things one wondered whether he was on […]

Kachali optimistic of PP winning 2014 polls: ‘We know everything about Malawi politics’

Malawi vice president Khumbo Kachali says he is optimistic that the People’s Party (PP) will win  the 2014 elections arguing that almost every Malawian is satisfied with the economic progress brought by president Joyce Banda’s administration. Speaking during the award winning Tiuzeni Zoona program on a privately owned Zodiak Broadcasting Station on Sunday, Kachali said almost all […]

Malawi VP Kachali keep fingers crossed on running mate: Regrets Mponela beds scandal

Malawi Vice President Khumbo Kachali says he keeps his fingers crossed that President Joyce Banda will pick him as her running mate in the next year’s elections on ruling People’s Party (PP) ticket. PP became the de facto ruling party following the death of President Bingu wa Mutharika in April 2012. President Banda appointed Kachali to the […]