Former Sports Minister Kenneth Chipungu says the problems facing the Football Association Of Zambia can only be resolved after Kalusha Bwalya steps aside as FAZ President.
He told Pan African Radio and monitored by Zambian Eye in an interview
Mr. Chipungu who served as Sports Minister during the MMD regime noted that football in the country is under performing due to lack of leadership in the association.
He observed that Mr. Bwalya has over stayed and run out of ideas on how to run the association adding that when he was minister he had plans of dissolving the board.
Mr. Chipungu stated that as long as Kalusha Bwalya remains FAZ President Zambia National Soccer Team will never have a formidable coach whether at local or international level.
Kalu has underperformed. He has failed to tap the talents from the rural areas. We have great prayers from rural places but he only concentrated in urban areas.
Let him go the early the better
Chipungu must also go as Rufusa MP. You have also overstayed. No development is taken under you in our area. please PAPA go and do not thick of standing again.
Kalu has brought more good than harm to Zambian football.Mr.Chipungu’s assertions or not only wrong but sad!
even if you have done good, it is better to leave the podium whilst the audience is still applauding, do not wait to be hounded out. Kalu made the same mistake about his playing career; he did so well and retired, he then decided to come out of retirement,missed a penalty then everyone forgot about the good things he did and insulted him and kicked him out of playing football.
And thats just the plain truth. Kalu overstayed his welcome!
Maybe we should redefine “Good”? Look, no one can dispute the fact that Galu played good football1 This does not make him a good manager, or administrator! He has lamentably failed in these areas! The sooner he goes the better for everybody, Galu himself included. He has brought Zambian football to its current shambolic state! He has turned FAZ into his personal “kanthemba”, or ATM! It is not our fault that he has also lamentably failed to manage whatever little money he may have remained with after his stint in Europe! Let him finance his lavish lifestyle from other activities! Other African former stars are contributing massively to the development of soccer in their countries, and not behaving like “leeches” that suck the very life-blood of their Football Associations like the “Not-so-Great Galu” is doing to FAZ! Let him just go so that we may possibly benefit from the contributions of his erstwhile “mates” like Johnstone Bwalya, Stone Nyirenda, Lucky Msiska, Charles Musonda, et al!
The earlier Galu leaves the better. Football will be far better without him. Aononga FAZ mambala