By Staff Reporter
\nFormer Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) president and 1988 African Footballer, Kalusha Bwalya this afternoon filed his nomination to contest the association presidency.<\/p>\n
Kalusha arrived at the Football House this afternoon with a hood of personal security who refused to be kept outside as he was presenting his nomination papers.<\/p>\n
FAZ will hold elective general meeting on March 28, 2020 to elect new office bearers, including that of the association president held by Andrew Kamanga.<\/p>\n
Kalusha told reporters after successfully filing the nomination papers that he was concerned about Zambia\u2019s continued slide in its soccer standing on the continent and the world.<\/p>\n
He hoped that he would continue to receive the goodwill from the people across the country as he sought to revive the past glory of the country in terms of football.<\/p>\n
He hoped that the stakeholders would take stock of how the country was performing and subsequently rated.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are where we should not be \u2026\u2026 it will be a tragedy if Zambia misses a consecutive third Africa Cup tournament,\u201d he lamented.<\/p>\n
Kalusha who is domiciled outside the country said he did no need to live in Zambia to run its football affairs.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven players in the national team are playing outside Zambia, we are all Zambians,\u201d he explained himself.<\/p>\n
On his previous ban by FIFA contest any elective position in CAF or FAZ following him being found guilty of corruption, Kalusha expressed confidence that he was cleared to participate.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will ask you to write to CAF or FIFA, ask them of Kalu is eligible to stand,\u201d said Kalusha without elaborating.<\/p>\n
Kalusha was in the 2016 general election in the campaign team of the Patriotic Front and traversed the country to woo support for President Edgar Lungu and the ruling party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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