Football Association of Malawi (Fam) Transfer Matching Systems Manager, Casper Jangale, has said \u201ccertain circumstances\u201d are derailing the association\u2019s investigations of a match-fixing scandal involving Nchalo United and Mzuzu-based referees.
\nNonetheless, Jangale is confident that they would finalise the investigations and come up with a determination before next season.
\n\u201cThere is one or two things that are making the case to move the way it was not supposed to be moving. But I cannot disclose those things until the matter is concluded,\u201d he said.
\nAsked if the investigations are being manipulated, Jangale shot down such assertions.
\n\u201cWe cannot rule out that, but there was an element of match-fixing. But from the time these things happened, a lot has taken place. In short, it has been proven that there were certain individuals who wanted the match fixed,\u201d he said.
\nFam stepped in the case after National Referees Association (NRA) banned, for life, Azizi Nyirenda, Stephano Gomani, Limbani Chisambi (Grade One) and Jimmy Phiri (Grade Two) for allegedly pocketing a K15, 000 bribe from a Nchalo official to fix a Carlsberg Cup round of 16 match against Chitipa United at Mzuzu Stadium on July 13.
\nNchalo\u2019s management vowed to deal with individuals implicated in the scandal. Nchalo lost the game 3-2.
\nNchalo Chairperson, Peter Chiipanthenga, yesterday declined to comment on the matter, saying the issue was in the hands of Fam to decide.
\nAll the referees, save for Phiri, challenged NRA\u2019s decision, saying they did not pocket the money.
\nNchalo have since earned Super League promotion from the Southern Region Premier Division.
\nAnalysts, such as Charles Nyirenda and Peterkins Kayira, have since criticised Fam for handling the investigations at a snail\u2019s pace.
\n\u201cThe root cause of the problem has not been dealt with. Pressure in now mounting on Fam because everybody wants to get the final position on the matter,\u201d Nyirenda said yesterday.
\nFormer national team players Kayira said the delay in finalising the case raises more questions than answers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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