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FIFA Scandal: Kalusha Pocketed $80, 000 Kickbacks from Qatar’s Bin Hammam
FAZ president Kalusha Bwalya has been named among the 30 African football association leaders that allegedly received slush funds from former FIFA vice-president Mohammed Bin Hammam amounting to $80, 000 to influence the 2022 World Cup bid, England’s Sunday Times reports.
The report has published electronic mail (e-mail) correspondence between Kalusha and Bin Hammam’s officials detailing the exchanges.
According to the Sunday Times, a series of leaked emails suggest Bin Hammam paid $5 million to raise the Arab country’s chances of hosting the 2022 World Cup.
The Sunday Times released more than 30 leaked emails out of “hundreds of millions” of documents it says it obtained, some of which point to evidence of alleged “slush funds” that apparently helped Qatar win its bid.
The documents relate to payments allegedly made by Mohamed Bin Hammam, the former executive member of FIFA, football’s international governing body.
“[Bin Hammam] used 10 slush funds controlled by his private company and cash handouts to make dozens of payments of up to $200,000 into accounts controlled by the presidents of 30 African football associations who held sway over how the continent’s four executive (Exco) members would vote,” the Sunday Times said.
In one of the documents revealed by the Sunday Times, Kalusha Bwalya, president of the Zambian football association and former international footballer, allegedly wrote to Bin Hammam after a meeting in 2009.
“As per our conversation, please Mr President if you could assist me with about 50 thousand Dollars for my Football association and personal expenditures. I hope to repay you in the near future, as the burden is little bit too hard for me at this moment,” he wrote.
Bin Hammam’s staff allegedly paid $50,000 into Bwalya’s bank account, and there is no evidence to suggest he ever repaid the debt, the newspaper said.
Bwalya wrote to Bin Hammam’s assistant again in April 2011, saying he was “a little thin on resources”. Later that month, $30,000 dropped into his account, the newspaper said.
Here is the full story;
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/sports/2014/06/01/Red-cards-Leaked-emails-suggest-Qatar-World-Cup-slush-funds-.html
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mj banda
June 1, 2014 at 9:30 pm
So Kalusha Bwalya is corrupt, if proved, kick that mambala
xd
June 2, 2014 at 1:23 pm
Tribalist
June 3, 2014 at 8:50 am
We have been saying that the Charp is broke and he can do anything to have money and see what he is in now. The charp knows nothing interms of management and yet the way he is behaving as if he knows alot. His Education back ground is not enough to do what he claims he can do. That is the reason why now we are having all these nonsense. Kick the Crook out.
boot licker
June 1, 2014 at 9:39 pm
Great kalu likes money more than a prostitute. That’s why he doesn’t even stay in the house.
Zimba
June 1, 2014 at 10:40 pm
diamond platinum
June 1, 2014 at 10:09 pm
Ba kalu,chamifumya kuma player ulilyamo mwaisa noku?
DIP STICK
June 1, 2014 at 10:13 pm
VERY VERY FEW WOULD RESIST SUCH LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
THEY ARE ONLY TALKING ABOUT $80,000. THERE IS MUCH MORE INVOLVED.
IMAGINE, YOU TELL SOMEONE ATI KOMA NAYONDA BABA. NEXT KA SATE PIN DOLA KAKUGWILA. WHAT MORE WHERE THESE GUYS MEET.
MONEY LOVES KALUSHA IT SEEMS
chimbwi nayena alikwata abanankwe
June 1, 2014 at 10:16 pm
Bane when an African likes marrying abasungu just know that one day he will end up corrupt or stealing in order to impress the white women. Umusungu aupa ewamubika mucibe.Ngatacenjele ubushiku bumo akashitisha na FAZ house.Let’s hope this story is not true ooh.
Superstition thrives where ignorance abounds.
June 2, 2014 at 7:35 pm
kwena ulichisushi
kwena
June 1, 2014 at 10:22 pm
we need more pipo like kalu to bring mo forex readless of the source. May b our kwacha can improve.
Naine
June 1, 2014 at 10:50 pm
Iyee,elo lwanya.i hop this is nt the end of his career
FuManchu
June 1, 2014 at 11:30 pm
Trust MCS to keep him if the story has some truth in it
Umwina Nswi
June 1, 2014 at 11:41 pm
Umwana Kalu wamadilu. Hope takonswe neyi imilandu balemutunganya nayo.
Mabote Sililo
June 2, 2014 at 12:15 am
Fire the SOB.
mulenga
June 2, 2014 at 12:27 am
alekefye inchito mwe.ukutemwa impiya.Nkweto Tembwe for the job
melanin man
June 2, 2014 at 6:32 am
Kakala kakwe.
chile1
June 2, 2014 at 6:58 am
Even if its true,no 1 cn do a dam thin abt it,dats jus hw powerful being faz president is
Cathy
June 2, 2014 at 8:01 am
Ala Ali mu chibe ! Watch this space.
Pioneer
June 2, 2014 at 8:07 am
Nothing is suggesting that Kalu got a bribe from the Qatari official as inducement for hosting the FIFA 2022 World Cup.
Pioneer
June 2, 2014 at 8:11 am
I therefore find the accused Kalusha Bwalya with no case to answer and acquit him henceforeth. You can stand down.
Moss
June 2, 2014 at 9:28 am
Hahahahahahahaha great akasaka nakapwa you lived over seas for sometime never invested.
mputyu
June 2, 2014 at 9:59 am
Zambians are difficult people,, lelo balakutasha mailo insele muli webo
Tribalist
June 3, 2014 at 8:58 am
Its not that, if you have known the charp you will tell the truth. He is a crook. He asked for money to assist his association did he do that. This Charp want to get all the things so that all the cash is his now see what curious does. Nikakawalala. Kick the crook out and burn him from doing anything in the name of football. Ban him for life just as he is doing to the friends.
Umwinantoto
June 2, 2014 at 10:01 am
Kalusha and money!!!!!!
When we speak you all stand on the anthill and start accusing us of being jealous!
Just wait more revelations are coming even at football house!!!!!!!
Thats Kalu for you.
jamakudi
June 2, 2014 at 10:14 am
I said it be4. kalusha’s interest in FAZ, is just deals not development of football. Simataa also told us.
Simata Simata
June 2, 2014 at 10:55 am
at-least i am now verdicted.
ak47
June 2, 2014 at 1:01 pm
not yet proved
chiingu
June 2, 2014 at 11:54 am
the allegations are that he borrowed but the pertinent question is did he repay and didn’t those ‘Loans’ influence the voting pattern?
Jeff
June 2, 2014 at 10:08 pm
You cannot put borrowed ogarnisation funds into your personal account.
zambian
June 2, 2014 at 12:09 pm
Who can refuse such big sums of Dollars? let him be the first one to stone kalu…hahahaha ni manna from heaven lo!
jack chongo
June 2, 2014 at 12:50 pm
mwebantu mulekeni umwipwa wandi! bushe utusafu nga twaleka ukubomba, kwigila muli corruption… e survival instinct isuma iyi!!
senegal
June 2, 2014 at 12:51 pm
Uyu chikala alitemwa money,thats why he has even destroyed zambian football.
TUMFWEKO UBUFI NA LELO
June 2, 2014 at 1:00 pm
@ SENEGAL not different from Julius MALEMA insele
gile
June 2, 2014 at 1:16 pm
Great Kalu is really GREAT with that kind of cash on offered who would refuse just ask for some kaloba from him
One time
June 2, 2014 at 1:44 pm
How many are saying they can refuse to get that money?Look in your mirror b4 you u lough at your frids teeth.
non partisan
June 2, 2014 at 1:52 pm
does ths spell the end of kalus reign as faz president? i hope so coz twanaka nankwe mwe, time for simaata to tek over the affairs of the sport we love so much.
man mule
June 2, 2014 at 3:25 pm
atolelefye, he did not steal
man mule
June 2, 2014 at 3:26 pm
bembas
eissshh
June 2, 2014 at 7:36 pm
I D I O T
mwana mayadi
June 2, 2014 at 3:45 pm
I cocker with u kwacha we need more people like kalu to bring in a lot of forex. I wanted to buy ka Vitz boi now bcz of ka kwach I can’t boi.
Ailing Micheal Sata
June 2, 2014 at 6:44 pm
@ Jack Chongo, are you actually the desperate former changachanga Jim Chongo of 8th street. Your Nchanga Rangers is battling so early boi?
bruce burner
June 2, 2014 at 7:07 pm
Thats y we ar not even performing at world cup this time now when we got all that chances of qualifying but. Jus’coz umukaamba kalu eleonaula bola pa z elyo ninshi eya muliisha dats y same finished players all da time ba guy nabapya muma clubs pliz imwee!!!!!
mule
June 2, 2014 at 7:19 pm
IT IS NO SURPRISE BECAUSE THE YOUNG CHAP LOVES CASH AND IS EXTRAVAGANT IN HIS DEALINGS. STORIES WAY BACK ARE THAT EVEN WITH TEAMS LIKE AFRISPORT AND OTHERS, SUCH WAS ABOUND.I WOULDN’T BE SURPRISED IF COACH APPOINTEES HAVE ALSO NOT LEFT AKANONO WORSE STILL PLAYERS FOR THE NATIONAL TEAM.
HANNIF ADAMS WAS A BETTER CHOICE FOR FAZ PRESIDENT.
stewart kapenda
June 2, 2014 at 7:20 pm
The Great Kalu naiba
Suspect
June 2, 2014 at 7:53 pm
Kalu had a very big wedding with a new white lady in one of expensive hotel in south african which costly him.at time one wants to live high life those are the consequences,mind you if you are not careful with this life you end up with just a name .ba kalu just come home and invest in zambia and forget about the basungus lady.i think pressure can lead to such scandals marrying umusungu bakamba to bad.
D.KAMENGA
June 2, 2014 at 9:56 pm
lets get the story correct,kalu borrowed the money,he was not given according to the story. where is corruption there? the man who was lending kalu money is not the one hosting the world cup. england are still bitter with losing hosting the world cup. advice them to accept the out come.
Manhimself
June 3, 2014 at 6:43 am
Kalu’s name is not actually mentioned in the news paper but for 30 African football President is mentioned,someone has just made a conclusion to this matter.
christus
June 3, 2014 at 10:20 am
Some short sighted fools have been condensing Edem Djikotoe when he has been exposing happenings at Football house.Is Sunday Times jealous of Kalusha or Kasengele or Eric? We need an audit by madam Anna Chifungula of FAZ accounts, after all the man said he needed about $50,000 for FAZ and personal expenses. There’s also the issue of refunds from CAF. Who has been pocketing all that since FAZ has never returned/repaid the money to Govt at any time? Am I surprised? Not at all. FAZ, CAF and FAZ are all rotten to the core. Time to change things.
christus
June 3, 2014 at 10:23 am
“Condensing” should read “condemning”. Also it’s “FAZ, CAF and FIFA”
christus
June 3, 2014 at 10:40 am
Ba Manhimself & D Kamenga this is the problem of little education. When someone says “lend me… for my “association & personal expenses” what does it imply? First FA’s (football associations) do NOT borrow money from individuals. FAZ is and has always been funded by GRZ apart from FIFA through CAF sometimes. Second, FAZ has its own bank account. Why transfer cash to Kalusha’s personal account? Third there’s no evidence that he repaid, if so let him produce it (oh by the way he said it’s ****** of him to accept cash?).
Kalusha’s name is in the email he sent to Bin Hammam iwe, what connection so you want? Get an education pleeeeeesem
kokoti
June 3, 2014 at 10:45 am
News yabupuba fye. Kalusha is not even a voter kufyakuma world cup. Kalusha and this man come a long way. This is the guy who chartered a plane for Litana at kalusha request when we played and lost to south Africa.
shete
June 3, 2014 at 11:58 pm
Lwisha!!!lwisha!!!lwisha ingisha free kick ya dollar iwe
Doza doza
June 4, 2014 at 5:14 pm
Akoo! Kalesefya akanensu ka kalusha.
Nsimba
June 4, 2014 at 6:16 pm
Kokoti, get your facts right. The private jet that brought Litana to SA 96 was not chartered by Bin Hammam, or anyone for that matter. It was owned by the owner of the club Litana played for and it was he who laid it for the player to make the trip to SA. You’re trying too hard to defend Kalu. The point all of us should be debating is WHY Kalu alone has been mentioned by name when, according to the Sunday Times exposé, 29 other heads of African football federations allegedly received money from Bin Hammam’s people. Secondly, as has been pointed out by others, has the money ever reflected in any FAZ accounts, since it was given as the correspondence suggests he borrowed for himself and on behalf of the FAZ?