 Kachali was appointed Minister of Transport and Public Infrastructure in the cabinet that became effective on 15 June 2009.He lost his ministerial position in the cabinet shake-up of 9 August 2010.As Vice President Kachali has been seen as a workhorse of the Joyce Banda administration being delegated to handle controversial and political matters including scandals involving fellow Cabinet Members, management of food shortages and political negotiations with some of the key political leaders.