KHUMBO HASTINGS KACHALI APPOINTED MALAWI'S NEW VICE PRESIDENT

By: Qeko

The State President of the Republic of Malawi, Her Excellency Joyce Banda has appointed Honourable Khumbo Hasting Kachali as the country’s Vice President with immediate effect.  This was released by the Office of the President and Cabinet in Lilongwe today. Honourable Kachali is the Peoples’ Party Vice President and he takes over the Vice Presidency from Her Excellency who has now ascended to the high office of the land as the State President

Honourable Khumbo Kachali hails from the Ngoniland-Mzimba and he is the first person from the north to have been appointed into the Second Highest office of the land. The Vice President Kachali political career shows that he once worked as the Treasure General of the former ruling UDF and then moved to the DPP where he became the party's Vice President in the Muthalika administration.

Vice President Kachali also served in the various ministerial posts in both the UDF and the DPP governments which include, Minister of Industry, Ministry of Home Affairs and internal Security, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Transport and Public Works and the Ministry of Youth and Development.  

However political commentators have welcomed the appointment of Honourable Kachali who is the Peoples’ Party Vice President which brings trust in the party internal political management. President Banda has done what Muluzi failed to do when he appointed Justin Malewezi instead of the Party’s Vice President Aleke Banda. This step taken by the PP administration brings trust in the party’s internal politics at this early stage. However the appointment of Honourable Kachali as the country Vice President shows that the Peoples Party Government continues to consolidate their power.

In another development, the State President has called on all those who are jumping the DPP ship wait and mourn the late president Muthalika and also that they should not use the media to announce their defection but use the party normal channel of communication through the Secretary Generals of office.