Mzuzu-based referee, Limbani Chisambi, who\u2014alongside three others\u2014was handed a life-ban by the National Referees Association (NRA) for alleged match-fixing has reportedly gone to South Africa, seeking a new lease of life.<\/p>\n
Chisambi, who was banned in September alongside other referees\u2014 Aziz Nyirenda, Stefano Gomani and Jimmy Phiri\u2014 claimed that he lost his job because of the allegations.<\/p>\n
Chisambi said that he was being taunted as \u2018Mr K15, 000\u2019 in reference to the amount of money the quartet allegedly pocketed from Nchalo United to manipulate the result of a Carlsberg Cup match against Chitipa United at Mzuzu Stadium in July.<\/p>\n
\u201cMalawi has betrayed me. No one seems interested in knowing the truth about the matter. We appealed against NRA\u2019s decision but I feel that Fam [Football Association of Malawi] is not interested in hearing us out.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe one who got the money came out in the open and said that he really pocketed the money. Top officials know the truth, but I feel they are also corrupt and they are deliberately playing delay tactics,\u201d Chisambi wrote in an SMS to The Daily Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n Chisambi eventually told Zodiak Broadcasting Station that since NRA\u2019s verdict came out, he has been subjected to ridicule; hence he could not take it any longer.<\/p>\n Earlier, in his report addressed to Northern Region Referees Committee, Phiri admitted to have received the money in the name of sugarcane from one of Nchalo\u2019s coaching panellists (name withheld).<\/p>\n Phiri added that he took the money to the Nyirenda-led officiating panel of the day, but the trio turned him down.<\/p>\n Fam has come under pressure from several quarters, including the NRA, over its delay to act on the newly-promoted Super League side\u2019s [Nchalo] involvement in the scandal.<\/p>\n NRA General Secretary, Chris Kalichero, told The Nation <\/em>last week that Fam is setting a bad precedent by not acting on the matter, six months after the incident.<\/p>\n While accepting that they were facing difficulties in investigating the matter, Fam recently told The Daily Times <\/em>that it would come up with a decision before the start of the next season.<\/p>\n Fam Club Licensing and Transfer Matching System Manager, Casper Jangale, said Fam is following \u201call the necessary procedures\u201d before coming up with its verdict on the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mzuzu-based referee, Limbani Chisambi, who\u2014alongside three others\u2014was handed a life-ban by the National Referees Association (NRA) for alleged match-fixing has reportedly gone to South Africa, seeking a new lease of life. Chisambi, who was banned in September alongside other referees\u2014 Aziz Nyirenda, Stefano Gomani and Jimmy Phiri\u2014 claimed that he lost his job because of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":59574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59571"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59575,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59571\/revisions\/59575"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}