FAZ IN K742,000 BILL SCHOCKER
…in unsettled accommodation bill for the former Chipolopolo Coach Herve Renard under the Kalusha administration
THE LUSUKA High Court has ordered FAZ to pay K742, 512 to Valis Property Limited in unsettled accommodation bill rendered to former national team coach Herve Renard and his assistant Patrice Beaumelle.
High Court Deputy Registrar Mwaka Mikalile entered a judgment in default of appearance and defence on the part of FAZ Mikalile directed FAZ to pay K742, 512, with all interest due and outstanding including legal cost incurred by Valis Properties. This is in matter in which Valis Property sued FAZ , Attorney General, Renard and Beaumelle claiming K742, 512 for the two flats that the two men occupied at their Fallsway Apartments in Lusaka Valis stated in a statement of claim that engaged in an oral agreement with Renard and Beaumelle between March 2012 and November 2013 by virtue of their employment to occupy villas Number-21 and Five respectively. The property company claimed that it was agreed that a sum of K35, 750 per month was to be rentals for each villa, which brought the total due for both villas to K71, 500.00 per month. It was also indicated that the procurement of accommodation services was at all times sponsored by and for the account of the Government and the Ministry of Sports, Youth and Child Development.
Valis Properties alleged that during the occupation of the said villas by the two coaches, a total bill of K742, 512 was incurred in rent arrears and was to be settled by the government through its line ministry.
On various dates, the government and the ministry committed itself to settle the dues but did not fulfil the pledge.