Walter must fall! Fans hold demo at stadium against FA Malawi president
A cross section of football fans on Saturday held demonstrations at Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe during the finals of Airtel Top 8 demanding that Football Association of Malawi (FAM) president Walter Nyamilandu should not seek re-election during December polls and in fact should resign now.
Nyamilandu, who has been at the helm of FAM for the past 16 years, has all along insisted that he will not contest but recently hinted that he may run.
The FAM boss has come under criticism for his involvement in politics, apparently for taking part in helping Democrat Progressive Party (DPP) ‘Tippex’ the May 21 Tripartite Elections.
Nyamilandu was captured wearing a DPP beret before polling when President Peter Mutharika addressed whistle-stop campaign rallies and the photograph went viral on social media
He defended his act, saying he wore the DPP beret because he likes it.
“I like the beret. People can admire the beret. It has become fashionable,” said the FAM president.
A football analyst George Kaudza Masina is on record to have said as much as the FAM President has the freedom of association, his position is delicate to show his true political colours.
“He could have done better by keeping his political affiliation to himself. Football is a unifying sport and should remain as such minus political affiliation,” he said.
Nyamilandu has also been criticised for the national team’s failure, having seen the Flames only qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals once in the past 16 years.
On a positive note, Nyamilandu has improved football infrastructure and structures. Currently, FAM has an office complex at Chiwembe in Blantyre where there’s also a hotel that generates revenue and accommodate players during camping.
During his reign, Nyamilandu has also managed to win the hearts of the corporate world as companies are coming forth to sponsor football competitions at professional and youth level.
Apart from being a member of Fifa Council, Nyamilandu is also an executive committee member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (Cosafa).
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Are you telling me that Walter is still president of FAM?
You are kidding me
Koma Walter Nyamirandu alibe manyazi
Walter must goooooo…………. watitopetsa ngati nthenda ya cancer
Mbuzi ya mano mumtunda yeniyeni
He is a double faced stupid guy. He should resign now before December .
I have said this on a number of times, Malawi’s football will never progress as long as Walter and his cronies are still in power.
Football standards have epically fallen since Water took office. He is the worst president FAM has ever had. Its so strange and odd how this poor performer has stayed in this position for this long. See, his priority has never been on how to improve football standards, his priority has never been on how to make the flames great again.. No! His sore priority has been on how to stay in power, his focus has always been on how to return his position when Malawi continues to deteriorate as a footballing nation. His focus has been on who to bribe, who to scare, who to bully, who to befriend so that he continues to be FAM’s president. An Extremely corrupt individual.
I will refrain from talking about anything personal coz it may seem like I have a personality dislike towards you, so I will stick with your professional performance without discussing Mtisunge and the many others.
Walter, the Malawi national football team has never been this rubbish at any point but under your time in office. The Flames have been completely extinguished and relegated to rubbish status under your watch. You don’t care and it doesn’t bother you whether Malawi wins or not coz all you care about is that you are in power and siphon FAM resources for your own benefit. You haven’t stayed this long coz you are doing a good job but rather coz you know which hands to butter and which pockets to fill. If your involvement with football in Malawi was purely based on performance, you would’ve been long gone. Your performance in this role is horrible! Your departure is long overdue. You have done irreparable damage to the game in Malawi. Your name should be erased from the history books of FAM.
To help me explain how terrible and dismal your performance is as FAM president, let me use analogy – you are the Enock Chihana of football in Malawi. You are the Atupele Muluzi of football in our country, self serving, clueless leadership and self imposing.