Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee Vincent Mwale has clarified that the call to have the Office of the Auditor General move in to investigate allegations of financial malpractice at Football House is not meant to harass FAZ President Kalusha Bwalya.
Mr Mwale who is also Chipangali MMD MP says the forensic audit at FAZ will help Mr Bwalya clear his name.
He said the Parliamentary Committee is not interested in any witch hunt at FAZ but merely following up a matter of great public interest.
“There is nothing special about FAZ. As a Committee, our role is to support the work of the Auditor General, so if the Office of the Auditor General wants to move in, we will support them and if there any audit queries to be raised then we will ask Mr Kalusha to appear before our committee to clarify on those queries,” Mr Mwale said.
He said the Committee is not after tarnishing the image of Mr Bwalya but merely supporting efforts towards transparency and accountability in the utilization of public funds.
“What is true is that FAZ receives funding from the Treasury through the Ministry of Sports and it is only prudent that the Office of the Auditor General moves in whenever allegations of financial abuse are raised,” he said.
He said it would not be wise to ignore the fact that Mr Bwalya is a subject of an international investigations over the Qatar bribery scandal which he said raises questions about financial discipline at FAZ.
“I personally do not have anything against Kalusha as a person in fact the team I support which is Chipangali United has always supported Kalusha even during the time of the leadership turmoil I stood by Kalusha but we are talking about investigating allegations of financial abuse of public funds and it is important that Kalusha gets an opportunity to clear his name.”
Are they going to condemn him for bringing INCOME from Qatar and other donors? He is raising funds for FAZ, imwe ati please audit him.
PF are busy signing loans on behalf Zambians, not free money like Kalu’s, but no PF minister has gone before the Public Accounts committee.
the money kalusha got from Qatar never saw the windows of FAZ account but went into kalu’s personal account according to the reports we have been reading. so why should public money, which FAZ were to pay back we are told, should go in an individual’s account? audit the 1diots and establish the truth
Exposing your ignorance in public again, you like most football zombies in Zambia defend these corrupt selfish empty suits blindly.. ..that money never reached the FAZ’s account. I can bet you funds raised from the Japanese Friendly will never ever reach FAZ.
FUNDS MUST BE RAISED TRANSPARENTLY, MWATA.
He strikes me as someone who is insincere greedy and very deceptive.
His words of try to exculpate himself are at best bunkum
Thanks
Batolelefye aba kamba, nomba ninshi ?
@ Nostradamus: Are you joking?? Kalusha ate the cash alone not even a donation to any charity or a youth academy. Actually it is embarrassing to see the amount he got, when his friends from Nigeria and lots got millions. What a shame to have his name linked to such rubbish. Shows how cheap Zambians can be. On moral grounds, he should leave FAZ. Enough with his selfish scandals.
Simple minds arguing over pennies
As usual is this of any surprise, it is a bemba at the helm and these bembas are the biggest white colar crimanals in Zambia. That is all they know to do once they ascend to any highest office any any organisations. Just cage this one and throw away the keys. We are sick of these bemba thieves
I agree with you.
as long as he is not Hakalusha Habwalya he must be stoned to death. i always feel for Bembas because suppose God looked away for a second and the devil gave power to the likes of @kadansa,HH and their group for just 2 minutes……. God forbid. # say no to tribalism
Its about time this rot by the self serving empty suits at Football House and RSA was brought to an end. You do not need to clarify anything especially when taxpayer’s monies is involved.
we know all about that nice sounding empty noise mr mwale but why have you and your anna chifungulo who has just become a nuisance nowadays with her false alarms decided to audit FAZ now? are you telling the world that FAZ has never been audited. mwaumfwafye ati kalu balimupela $80,000 ati lets audit FAZ and here you are lying to us that this issue is not about kalusha bwalya? it looks every bit like it is about him. auditor general should not use her office to pander to media. how much does FAz receive from government? don’t tell us that it is multiples or even a cent above RDA. RDA receives integral multples of what FAZ gets. Why don’t you go to state house and audit RDA?
Kalusha should clear his name from what?
Need we spell it out to you with colourful crayons?
Ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! Only a thief can’t see what is wrong with Kalusha’s actions in this matter! We are going to use Kalusha’s case to identify thieves in Zambia! Imwe bambi muleimweneshamo, limo-limo muletambafye ifilechitika pantu muli bakabolala nakale tatwishibe nefyo mulechita pano mufwile ukuba mujele.
in deed clear his name from what? because Kalu has already been cleared by FIFA. ZONDA UZALEMA. NEXT!
How can FIFA clear him if its also implicated? Serious lack of critical analysis in Zambia.
Nostradamus,
The difference btw FAz and Govt is that the loans government signs are credited to the govt accounts. The money Kalu got was deposited into his personal account
“Yali ninkongole which I offered to pay. Nakongwele lulya twakwete ama problems ku FAZ.I told Bin Hammam ati natukwatako ama problems because yalifula as we were fighting akamfulumfulu.That money was put to good use because that was the time lilya twalepishana nabena Rupiah”-Kalusha Bwalya
Of course using the lingua-franca of brigands
Kadansa
You are a frustrated individual, get a life!!! What has being bemba have to do with Kalusha Bwalya missusing public funds?
Its genetically in born trait my dear
My best friend is a bemba,and its offending when an arrogant individual tries to portray bembas as the worst pipo.grow up zambians we are one.
…was the $50 000/$80 000 solicited using FAZ name…?….if yes…..
…did part/whole amount reach FAZ coffers..?
…any proof to show part/whole amount was used on FAZ/FAZ errands..??…if NO….
…any different to Brian Hapunda’s case…??
Iam supprised how people do not think, did FAZ ask for any money from Qatar? who will be the complaint in this matter? did kalu get the money and FAZ paid Qatar for it, i do not need to be a lawyer to see that this case will go no were, the Qatar guy is a personal friend to kalu so he will say he gave the money to Kalu, FAZ did not pay Qatar back money that Kalu got end of story
Kalusha explained that what he got from the Qatar guy was a ‘loan’ and not corrupt payment as alleged by the Britain’s Sunday Times. Kalusha Bwalya further explained that he borrowed $80 000. FAZ got $50 000 and Kalusha in his personal capacity got $30 000. All the monies were deposited in Kalusha’s personal bank account. My dear your Kalusha in his !diocy opened his criminal mouth to explain the corruption transaction with the Qatar dude. It is Kalu who claimed to have borrowed money on behalf of FAZ and himself.
Leave Kalusha alone. Look for farms & gardens and start growing food for the nation. Mulibe vochita? Anakongola, so whats the problem? Politicians are stealing daily, mark the word daily and you want to investigate Kalusha. PAC concentrate on investigating the loot that is going on in Government. Musiyeni Kalu
@ Howard Zimba
Bushe inkongole no kwiba fipilibula fintu fimofine?
Educate me, is Kalusha Bualya Bemba to be incriminated with matters akin to ‘Donchi kubeba’?
@ 2 Kadansa – why do people like you have a field day every time someone with a Bemba name is found wanting? Bembas are just as good and as bad as everyone else. However the law of probability is against us i.e. if you draw a name from a Zambian hat you are more likely to get a Bemba name than say a Nyika name – I hope you understand what I mean.
Just leave Kalusha Bwalya alone.
Please audit this d.o.g.
There goes the curse of the black skin! Victimising THE Great Kalu, eikels!!!
Too much mama ,I wonder why we should even talk about development because our behavior is far below expected standards
Just audit the pompous chap and bring him to justice. He is like a monkey which suddenly finds itself in an unguarded maize field.
This investigation is non starter. What simply Great Kalu is going to do is go to FIFA and inform Sepp Blater that the Pf government is interfeering in the running of soccer and FIFA will simply threated to expell Zed from taking part in any international tournaments including the Shepolopo in AFCON 2014 in Nambia, The AFCON Chipolopolo qualifiers and the Russia 2018 world cup qualifiers. That is Great Kalu for your information. You acnnot catch him.
FIFA plays no role if there is criminality.
@sparks chimbwendembwende,
Blatter himself is an accomplice in the corrupt practices at FIFA and he too is being probed and as things are right now more will be revealed. FIFA is not Blatter’s personal organisation and he cannot issue threats to have Zambia expelled.
FIFA has very strict guidelines regarding the interaction between government and the FA. Infact FAZ is likely to be audited with guidelines provided by FIFA than those provided by the central government . FAZ appoint external auditors annually to audit FAZ books which are presented at the FAZ AGM. Be informed that FAZ is not accountable to any other organisation other than the world governing body FIFA .
If found guilty, then he should resign. Until then, please continue to arrange high profile friendlies to expose the team.
Off course Kalusha takes advantage of the blind support that Zambians give him. This guy has no class, he has very limited or no means to earn a living, so he is literally using FAZ as a source of livelihood. And the talk about auditing FAZ will not get anywhere. Kalusha will use his corrupted retards in PF to make sure the audit at FAZ is not conducted.
Zambians and there small minds, if there wud be a talking competition, then Zambia wud be 100 times winners, since when did Bin Hamman money became Zambia`s taxi payers money? How much funding does FAZ get from government to carry out all its annual programs, Is Kalu one of the voters to determine who hosts the world cup? Is this an issue people shud discuss? any empty buckets always make noise..continue bucking…nowanda some guy said..Zambians are useful idots..you jump on an issues you rarely understand
this what happens when you cheat the whole world that your useless premier league is the best in the world, you start fishing for pipo to accuse for not winning the world cup since 1966 and also for not been chosen to host. ati premier league,the national team itself is far below zambia in quality why do primitive zambians support this chi useless amateurs who cant perform at international level.