Mpinganjira pays Nomads’ K12m outstanding arrears
Mighty Wanderers FC president Thom Mphinganjira has paid K10.2 million outstanding game bonuses which the club owed the players this season.
The business mogul and philanthorapist, who doubles as the club’s board chairperson, has also paid other outstanding arrears, including salaries for bar workers, team bus repairs, ground rentals and allowances for reserve team players amounting to about K2 million.
This comes barely a week after he also settled K3.7 million outstanding property rates for the Nomads’ clubhouse with Blantyre City Council.
Team captain Alfred Manyozo Jnr and the club’s board secretary Humphrey Mvula confirmed the payments yesterday.
Said Manyozo: “I can confirm that our club president has cleared all our outstanding game bonuses for this season.
“On behalf of my colleagues, I would like to express our gratitude to him and words fail us.
“As I said, under the circumstances he finds himself in, he would have chosen to stop assisting the team, but he has demonstrated that this team is dear to his heart.
“Our thoughts are with him and his family and we continue to pray for him.”
On his part, Mvula said: “He has indeed cleared some outstanding arrears. He is committed to a clean operation where the club does not owe any money to the players so that there must be no reason to create demotivation amongst them.
“It includes wages for the club house’s employees despite poor returns.
“We thank him for being so generous despite his difficult situation and we can only thank him by rallying behind him.”
Mpinganjira has also been responsible for the club’s K6.3 million wagebill for the past 10 months, translating to K63 million.
He has also contributed towards the team’s operations costs amounting to K12 million.
Mpinganjira was appointed the club’s president in July this year and chairs a 24-member board.
The Nomads are sponsored by Salima Sugar Company Limited to the tune of K60 million.
