Member of Parliament for Norton Temba Mliswa has made serious accusations against some Zifa officials about the money meant to fund the Warriors during their Afcon campaign.<\/p>\n
Mliswa alleges the officials diverted part of the money into their own use, causing delays in paying the players\u2019 allowances.<\/p>\n
The Warriors threatened not to fulfil the Afcon opener against Egypt on Thursday, and this forced CAF to intervene and even made a proposal to advance payment into the players\u2019 account so that they can feature in the game.<\/p>\n
The players only managed to receive the allowances nine hours before the kick-off after another threat on the day of the game.<\/p>\n
The association\u2019s president Felton Kamambo, however, insisted the money had been deposited a few days before but took long to reflect.<\/p>\n
In a discussion with David Matsanga on Kenya-based Punchline Africa TV on Friday, Mliswa said US$750 000 was diverted to Zifa account which was then used by the officials for personal use.<\/p>\n
\u201c$750 000 was diverted to the finance of Zifa account while the players who are in Egypt are suffering,\u201d the MP said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSomeone who stole the money is still free, what are the law enforcement agents doing in Zimbabwe?<\/p>\n
\u201cIs it the cartels that have now captured the state? We can\u2019t allow a situation where these kinds of people are allowed to walk away.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat person must be arrested for the $750 000 which was supposed to go to the players at Afcon.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mliswa claims the officials used the money to go to Egypt with their girlfriends.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey went on flight with girlfriends, and yet nobody is saying a word about it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAre the girlfriends going to play the match or it\u2019s the players?\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Warriors will return to action this Wednesday against Uganda, and every fan is hoping there won\u2019t be any repeat of the drama that happened ahead of the Egypt clash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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