FAZ REJECTS TRIBALISM CLAIMS AS FALSE, MALICIOUS AND DIVISIVE
PRESS STATEMENT
(For Immediate Release)
The Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) has noted with serious concern a list circulating on social media purporting to highlight alleged tribal bias in the composition of staff at the FAZ Secretariat.
We wish to categorically state that the said list is both misleading and deliberately selective. It has been crafted in bad faith, omitting several long-serving members of staff from different regions of our country who continue to serve diligently at Football House.
It is particularly saddening that at a time when, as a nation, we should all be focused on the upcoming FIFA World Cup qualifier against Morocco, detractors and enemies of the game are attempting to divert our energies to unsubstantiated issues. FAZ will not be distracted from its core mandate of preparing the Chipolopolo and promoting the growth of Zambian football. Football is and must remain a non partisan and unifying game beyond ethnic divides.
FAZ also wishes to stress that, in the spirit of professionalism and fair play, the Association will resist the temptation to disclose to third parties the reasons behind the separation from the Secretariat of certain individuals. Matters of employment and separation remain confidential, and FAZ will continue to uphold the highest standards of integrity in handling such issues. Suffice it to state that FAZ is promoting unity and reconciliation and thus has chosen to avoid the path of law enforcement in certain matters of a serious criminal nature against some of the individuals involved.
While FAZ may not delve into the intricacies of each case, it is important to state that the separations have only been twofold, and these are, through expiration of contracts and/or by mutual consent. In all cases, full benefits including gratuity have been and will be honoured and paid when resources have been and are available. In the meantime, affected individuals have remained and will continue to remain on the payroll until all legal obligations are fulfilled for everybody who is no longer at FAZ.
We,therefore, urge all stakeholders and the general public to dismiss these divisive claims that are tribal in themselves and instead rally behind the national team and the Association as we continue the journey towards bettering Zambian football at all levels.
For and on behalf:
FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION OF ZAMBIA
Machacha Shepande
GENERAL SECRETARY
Next year, we will give a red card to tribalism, corruption and oppression. Back to the drawing board.
VOTE FOR CHANGE IN 2026.
It’s not enough Machacha Shepande and they’re not going to stop.
Give them an inch,they take a yard..Give them a yard they take a Mile.
They are as bold as they come, and soon they won’t be able to hide anywhere when the reality becomes too stark..and the hollow denials for the Dustbin.
We know where we are coming from, where we are,and where we are going..
Some one in Ethiopia has all of a sudden become a high performer…and the props have begun for a red carpet.
Remember those Tribal comments on the Composition of Our National Football Teams…the lists splashed everywhere , giving birth to where we are!
It’s an Agenda, Holistic and methodical , the same shameful historically erroneous IOT idealogy not just for the beautiful game, but in all, permeating every sphere in the Land.
We thank the beautiful game , and it’s public space, for it will lay bare what is going on in that hidden department..at a university, College, Parastal etc …giving an insight into what we are going through quietly , in all sectors.
You think you can fool a Corleone?? Come on,
I ain’t no fool.