KAMANGA PASSES FIFA INTEGRITY TESTS
FAZpresident Andrew Kamanga has passed the FIFA integrity tests which gives him the opportunity to contest as candidate for the position of member of the FIFA Council during the elections set for March 2021.
FIFA Review Committee, chairman Mukul Mudgal confirmed the development in a letter obtained by Daily Nation Sports.
"We kindly inform you that the Review Committee has declared you eligible for the position of member of the FIFA Council," said Mudgal in a letter dated January 26, 2021.
In November last year, Kamanga filed his nomination for the March 2021 FIFA elections as one of the aspiring executive committee members for the English-speaking block.
The FAZ chief joined six other candidates in the race which saw the candidates being scrutinised through an integrity test.
“Most importantly it is good that Zambia is competing at an international level,
"In my case, I think I am happy that I am taking this path, as you are aware, outside being FAZ president I am also serving in the FIFA Audit and Compliance Committee where I was elected by the FIFA Congress in May 2017 and I am the only one from Africa,” Kamanga said after he filed in his nomination at FIFA.
He believes his credentials as a member of the FIFA Audit and Compliance Committee, Cosafa Finance Committee and a member of the ongoing African Nations Championship organising committee in Cameroon would help serve FIFA diligently.
Kamanga, who is a Chartered accountant, energy consultant and business expert believes his professional credentials would help add value to the FIFA set up.
The FAZ chief will compete against candidates from Malawi (Cosafa), Nigeria, Gambia, Kenya and Tanzania during the final elections to be held in March in Morocco.