The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative, Shigeki Komatsubara, on Monday paid a courtesy call at the Minister of Industry, Roy Kachale Banda, in Lilongwe. During the meeting, Komatsubara assured Kachale of his organization’s support towards promoting entrepreneurship and innovation in Malawi through various programs, including the Malawi Innovation Challenge Fund (MICF). He said […]
The Minister of Industry Roy Kachale Banda has called for enhanced collaboration and united voice among micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Malawi. Kachale emphasized that unity and speaking with one voice is critical in addressing challenges that affect the growth of SMEs in the country. The minister made the sentiments at two separate meetings he held […]
Minister of Industry Roy Kachale has issued a stern warning on smuggling, stressing that the practice is depriving Malawi of the much-needed resources to implement various social and economic development projects. Kachale has since issued a stern warning against continued smuggling of products, including beverages into Malawi saying the Tonse administration will not tolerate the […]
Main opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) zealots on Friday hijacked and nearly messed up a government sponsored clean-up campaign function at Songani Market in Zomba. The DPP cadres were ferried in lorries to the venue of the launch in Zomba-Malosa constituency where guest of honour was Minister of Industry, Roy Kachale. The DPP cadres arrived […]
Minister of Industry, Roy Kachale has assured communities in Nkhotakota he will look into the issue where a community Rice Cooperative Society was sold to former minister of Information and Member of Parliament for Nkhotakota Central, Clement Stambuli. The minister made the pledge on Monday when he visited land and assets alleged to originally belong […]
Minister of Industry, Roy Kachale on Tuesday said cooperatives in Malawi have a key role in ensuring that the current administration fulfills its promise of creating one million jobs during its first year in office. Kachale made the remarks in Thyolo after touring three cooperatives namely Zakudimba, Bvumbwe Dairy Farmers and Lomola Cooperative in Luchenza in […]
Traders in Malawi will be banned from selling second-hand clothes – known as Kaunjika, the Chinyanja word for “bundles” – if calls by textile and garment industry are accepted by government to help the country revive its own textile industry, which was wiped out in the late 1990s as the country started opening its […]
Minister of Industry, Roy Kachale has commended Kamwendo Cooking Oil Cooperative Society Limited in Mchinji for their sense of unity. He called for other stakeholders to help the cooperative reach its maximum potential. Kachale made the remarks on Wednesday, after touring of the Cooperative’s refinery machine that was donated by the European Union (EU) under […]
Minister of Industry Roy Kachale has told vice-president Saulos Chilima that his ministry is working on reforms to create an enabling and competitive environment for private sector development as a crucial step for a thriving private sector that can meaningfully contribute to national development. Chilima, who is also Minister of Economic Planning and Development and […]
Industry minister Roy Kachale has surprised many people after he responded to an observation on Facebook that he should comb his hair. Taking up on the same social media platform, Kachale said Covid-19 situation prevents him from going to barbershop regularly. “Someone mentioned that I should comb my hair. I don’t know what that has […]
Industry minister Roy Kachale has taken up on Facebook to justify his recent visit to a bakery in Blantyre, saying major industries started out as Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) before developing into major industries. Kachale has received stinging criticism on social media platforms for using tax payer money to visit family businesses during his […]
The preliminary results in the May 21 Tripartite Elections show that Zomba has elected four women Members of Parliament out of 10 in this year’s highly contested elections. The results indicate that Grace Kwelepeta of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won in Zomba-Malosa constituency ousting Roy Akajuwe Kachale of the PP . Kwelepeta won with 7,393 votes against […]
Former governing People’s Party (PP) has said it has pulled out of an electoral alliance with the UTM Paerty ahead of the May 21 tripartite elections just days after the same was announced citing a breach by the latter on “a number of issues” including that of running-mate. In a statement issued Monday, and signed […]
Joyce Banda Foundation schools, one of the few schools that teach both international and local curriculum, has failed to effect salary increments for its teachers since former president Joyce Banda lost elections in 2014. Some teachers at the school also said they have experienced delays in getting their monthly salaries, saying they are yet to […]
Chiefs in Zomba have commended an aspiring member of parliament for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for supporting people in the area of Group Village Headman Kasonga with resources for the construction of two bridges. Traditional Authority Malemia said since the dawn of independence, people in the area have been facing transport challenges due […]
Former president Joyce Banda’s son, Roy Kachale, has denied claims by People’s Party (PP) former acting president Uladi Mussa that there are plans to make him take over the party leadership. Kachale, the Zomba Malosa member of Parliament (MP), has risen rapidly within the party as he is now second in command as vice president (eastern […]
People’s Party (PP) former acting president Uladi Mussa has added his accusations on the party’s self-exiled president Joyce Banda, saying apart from plan to install his son Roy Kachale for the leadership of the party, the PP is being run as a family club. Mussa further accused Banda that it is her family that controls […]
Fired People’s Party (PP) member of Parliament (MP) Uladi Mussa, who was also the party’s vice-president responsible for the Central Region, has claimed that the party’s founder and president Joyce Banda wants to bequeath her office to her son Roy Kachale, who is Zomba Malosa MP. The firebrand politician said he has been fired alongside PP […]