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FIFA formally notifies Football Association of Zambia on Kalusha ban

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Kalusha Bwalya
Kalusha Bwalya

FIFA has formally notified the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) on the ban of former FAZ President Kalusha Bwalya from taking part in any football related activity at both national and international levels.

This follows the decision of the Adjudicatory Chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee to sanction the former Football Association of Zambia President.

FAZ received the formal notification from FIFA on August 16, 2018.

In the notice, FIFA has indicated that Bwalya is found guilty of infringement of article 16 and 20 of the FIFA Code of Ethics hence he has been banned from taking part in any kind of football – related activity at national and international levels whether administrative, sports or any other for two years in accordance with article 22 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code.

The notice also stated that the Former FAZ President shall pay a fine in the amount of CHF 100,000 within 30 days of notification of the present decision and that he shall pay costs of the proceedings in the amount of CHF 10,000 within 30 days of the notification of the present decision.

It is further stated that Mr. Bwalya will also bear his own legal and other costs incurred in connection with the present proceedings.

The proceedings were as a result of two preliminary investigations whose reports were tabled in July 2012 and October 2012 respectively.

The decision by FIFA has been sent to Mr. Bwalya, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and to FAZ.

This is according to a statement issued to ZANIS in Lusaka by FAZ Communications Manager, Desmond Katongo.

42 COMMENTS

    • Kalu is just a victim of the dirty Blatter administration. If he refused to get the said money, then he was definitely going to fall out with the powers of the time in FIFA and CAF. This is just football politics. All the Pro-Blatter boys and girls are being fished out to pave way for a new deal, but it will equally become dirty at some point, thats how world football has become!!

    • I have being teaching business ethics since 2010. I use PF-government scandals in my presentations. These whites simply love those stories.
      Yesterday I sent the “Lusambo/traffic officers”. Dean want me 4 classes just on that.
      I will not use Kalu’s case, it’s too common, everyone in soccer does get bribes.
      But mounting a road block is hilarious.

    • Go FIFA…Go.
      Show these corrupt faces that somehow somewhere ethics and law matters. They are used to swim in the Zambian jungle without respect for law thinking they will get away even internationally.
      Let FAZ come up now and “bite” as well to finish off this rot.
      It’s an opportunity to show and warn others who are involved in corrupt practices.
      No, mercy, just lock him up. But this is NOT TO say I don’t appreciate his contribution to Zambia Football, no, I do.

    • If he campaigned for HH it was going to be another story. Primitive people listen, the man has appealed and he says he is not guilty. HH stole ndalama zanyoko you still support him and kalu got money from white people you despise him. Kalu has brains even in his corrupt activities. I support him

    • Yes, he thought he would be forever shielded by his god Sep Blatter then make way for him to the higher table in Zurich…simply look at how AFCON 2012 monies disappeared…more than a million dollars all went to allowances and travel to RSA no investment whatsoever not even in a physio treatment room.

    • This Galu chap was corrupt as they come; FAZ was a gravy train for him …imagine sponsorship deals were a secret under his administration, ticket sales were tightly guarded secret …today we don’t have a major jersey sponsor as he went behind their backs undercut them and sold his own replicas from China. He wanted to have a cut in every player’s transfer and use his own people to do it even if it met the player getting peanuts whilst playing in a major league in Europe with players on hundred thousand pound weekly wages.
      I detest corrupt people…I hope ACC follows this up when corrupt PF and Lazy Lungu leaves office!!

  1. This is what happens when you go to bed with pf. This guy is embarrassing all of us men who have married foreign european women. Giving us a bad name.

    • WIth some it is a tribal thing. It has been there before in the blood. It is NEVER aimed at the Big thief HH but on those they have coded as”Thieves” in their tribes!

  2. This is the jurisprudence I urge President ECL, the JCC, LAZ, ZIALE and the Chief Justice to instil in the Zambian judicial process. It is just as simple as reading the alphabet and not what those 12 foolish lawyers and their relatives in the judiciary mobbed me and pillaged me for what I earned and was genuinely paid to me by and at the United Nations. I need the Zambian judiciary to do me the same justice, that’s what is happening in modern jurisprudence than the false pretext they had been using in stealing from the poor people. We are tired of call war tactics and games and predator style of adjudication. It’s what makes me petition and Judicial Complaints Commission for impeachment of the implicated justices. Kalu’s case and the Supreme Court Ruling in Uhuru Kenyata’s nullified…

  3. This is the jurisprudences I urge the Chief Justice, President ECL. The JCC, LAZ and ZIALE to instil in the judiciary. What I am demanding is just as simple as the verdict in Kalu’s case. Those 12 Lawyers and the members of the judiciary who aided and abetted them in corruptly pillaging me and removing my suit from the Cause list must compnsate me for what they stole, pay costs, be debarred from Practising law and from all court activities; and impeached: as well as face criminal prosecutions. Further manipulations. They all broke their code of honour to the truth, justice ndnthe code of ethics which regulate their professions. Greed, malice and enticing themselves with discounts they are nit qualified to is evil Nd they must be paraded to the entire universe.

    • Why do you come here to whine about your case when you are anonymous…you think one of the judges will read your post and remember then feel guilty?

  4. The Great Galu is now quiet am sure he consulted his mates and bootlickers in the legal fraternity in Zambia (not his legal team he can’t afford one) and the advised him to serve the time and cough up the $100K … I doubt his musungu wife would lend him a cent. I am sure the money will be a problem but not to worry you rich corrupt friends in PF govt will lend you that money then you will truly be enslaved to them and not just a ball boy but you will be a chola boy like Sampa.
    I wish to commend FIFA for exposing this vile fraudster…its a shame ACC and FAZ have not got the backbone to follow-up on this case.

    • And yet you have these i.d.iots who spend time and energy to raise cases against HH for insulting the fimo fimo judges and when it comes to real cases of corruptions they all disappear like cockroaches….dam.n!!

  5. And yet you have these i*.d.io_t s who spend time and energy to raise cases against HH for insulting the fimo fimo judges and when it comes to real cases of corruption they all disappear like cockroaches….d..am.n!!

  6. It takes years to build a name but destroying it,just seconds. Too bad for our country’s image you had been our ambassador. Look at George Weah,he is a role model.

  7. He could be useful at state house, Lungu can use Kalu’s corrupt tricks.
    Kalu lacks integrity and is too greedy.

  8. The facts in this statement are different from what Simataa Simataa has stated. The ban on King Kalu is as a result of Andrew Ndanga Kamanga’s machinations, he’s a PHD expat. No matter what you do we love King K and we’ll always stand by him. It he appeals for funds to pay these fees he can raise 10 times the amount. Soon FAZ will go for elections and councilors will speak very loudly

  9. For these chaps who think that when kalu is ban he will be like them sorry, he cant be at your level.
    This whole issue was being pushed by the current Faz executive who expected a personal loan to apear in the books of accounts at Faz.
    Fifa is saying that he received a gift, But the current Faz said it did not appear in their accounts,shame to the current faz.
    Over 30 FA presidents in Africa received gifts from the same man including the current Caf president who is also fifa vice presidents.
    Fifa decided to act as requested by Faz, but i remainding the Faz that your days are numbered.
    Even in the leakef email kalu promised to pay back he never said Faz will pay back

  10. So since the letter has come to FAZ is it the same FAZ to collect the money from him and send it to FIFA? And also what happens if he decides not to pay and says I’m no longer interested in any football activities anyway and you can ban me for life then how will they get their money?

  11. Another bemba theif ……

    To all the PF tribalists , take this as lesson. When tongas like that professor writes about the dire strights of our economy you jump on him about being a bitter tonga and unleash all manner of tribal insults , now look at you bembas , stealing it seems is all people know.

    You see people silent you think they are du.ll ,

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