Chawama Youth Sports Academy Executive Coordinator Andrew Tembo says the selection of athletes in different sport disciplines in the country is riddled with corruption and nepotism.
Tembo says that there are many instances eligible athletes are denied an opportunity to participate because of biasness in the selection process.
ZANIS sports reports that Tembo said this during the Academy’s Paper Presentation to the Parliamentary Sub Committee on Youth and Sport at Parliament buildings in Lusaka yesterday.
He further noted that there is need to ensure proper selection of athletes, competitions at district, provincial and national levels.
Tembo stated that this should be organized to ensure that the majority are given an opportunity to prove themselves.
He stressed that for athletes who have been sent to represent the country at international competitions twice and have not yielded results should not be repeatedly adopted.
Meanwhile, Tembo says most sports facilities, that have been converted into structures, were obtained without consultations of different stakeholders.
He added that in most cases the facilities, he could not point at, were dubiously established.
The Academy Executive Director pointed out that therefore such structures should be reclaimed and restored by all means possible.
Tembo said government should also pass a law that would safeguard existing sporting space in communities.
He added that this will prevent encroachment in sports grounds and reservation of space in every developing area.
And Tembo called upon government to develop a sport development training programme for various sports disciplines.
He further said administrators and coaches from communities need training to be exposed to different skills aimed at developing their capacity.
Tembo mentioned that this shall enhance the quality of service delivery at grassroots level and improve sport in the country.
ZANIS
Ba Tembo mwalasa! A lot that we see of sports in the developed nations came at a great cost. Organisation and resource development are such key areas in getting sports programs off the ground. But inkomeno please! Elo futi nokutemwa lupiya. I was seriously heart broken when to find Mukuba Courts taken over by a trucking company. Ala chalinkalipa.
A good number of people entrusted wit the running of strategic sports institutions and programs are just the wrong chaps! Period! Lokk at the sports associations we have. Ma pulanga the majority of them. You would have thought that the areas that seem to have a realistic future and sustainable outlook mwalibako abapusana inkanda naifwe e.g. motorsport. Nomba ati naba sungu bamu ZASU nabo ati balyamba nepotim. Wither to Z sports?
Tribalist. Why didnt you point this out during RB. Is it because he is your Bululu.
Elyo namona naiwe, elyo fya citika.
Elyo nashininkisha kanshi yama mulichipuba zoooona.awe mulichipuba chachine mushota alilandile
We worry about under age drinking because kids have no proper recreation of their own, they turn to drinks and sex simply because there are no proper facilities for them to enjoy. Playgrounds have become plots in several areas, something I regard to be a shame. I hope that something will change, thank you big man for this submission. I wish you all the best in your endeavours in improving the lives of our youth.