KEITH MWEEMBA ELECTED NEW FAZ PRESIDENT
Keith Mweemba has been elected as the new Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) president after securing 45 votes during the reconvened elective Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Kabwe on Saturday.
The Lusaka-based lawyer will commence his four-year term from 2025 to 2029, succeeding Andrew Kamanga, who led FAZ from 2016 to 2025.
Mweemba beat a field of four other contenders, with incumbent Kamanga polling 20 votes, former FAZ General Secretary Adrian Kashala finishing with 17 votes, while Francis Hafwiti and Emmanuel Munaile failed to register a vote.
The elections, which were the only agenda item on the day as unanimously agreed by the Congress, were conducted under the supervision of a FIFA, CAF and COSAFA delegation led by FIFA’s Senior Manager for Member Associations Governance, Ahmed Harraz.
In the Vice Presidential race, the position will be decided by a runoff later today after none of the three candidates secured the required 50 percent plus one vote.
Incumbent Justin Mumba received 41 votes, while Mutale N’gandu came close with 40 votes. Christopher Kasale polled one vote, and will not proceed to the second round.
Meanwhile, Col. Priscilla Katoba was ratified as the FAZ Women’s National Representative, having gone unopposed. Her nomination was proposed by Green Buffaloes Women FC and seconded by FC MUZA.
Congratulations MWEEMBA.
There was never a doubt that you would win, given the extraordinary backing you had, as we saw in the leaked WhatsApp messages. I hope you can improve football standards in the country, that is what really matters.
Reject tribalism, corruption and oppression.
God bless Why Me and Captain Ibrahim Traore.
VOTE FOR CHANGE IN 2026.
Must really be painful, really painful to you, me and the other one, isn’t it, Sir? Tough!!
You are such an idiot, how on earth can you mention Why me alongside Ibrahim Traore? It’s like mentioning Edgar Lungu in the same sentence with HH
Congratulations to Keith for scooping the faz presidency but, you should remember that football politics needs some one who understands football administration and maturity in the same I want also to thank Mr Kamanga for his hard work for putting some structure’s in place like premier league and provincial faz committees you have done your part you cannot fight big battle alone.
Let us now see if having a regionally balanced male national soccer team will win the country more trophies. When we have lost, that has been the complaint since 2021. Let us also see if Fashion Sakala alone will change the football fortunes of the senior national soccer team at continental level. Let us also see if Avram Grant will be forced to include Sakala in the team.
If you want to prefix your name with the title “Dr”, at least talk sense. If football skill is a matter regional flair, why are top teams in Zambia not in every province?
Are you Dr for real.Whoever gave you that title made a mistake.Nzelu no bwino bwino
Politics and Tribalism has permeated and seeped deep into the Zambian DNA and Psyche, irretriavably and sadly so, like poisonous Gas.
There’s now a confirmation of a group of so doc’s apparently from Matero that are actually chula’s that just see tribe in anything and everything. Just check on them you’ll see how they think!!!!