Mighty Wanderers president Thom Mpinganjira has rewarded the team with K20.7 million for their 3-0 victory over fierce rivals FCB Nyasa Bullets on Sunday at Kamuzu Stadium in a TNM Super League encounter.
It is the first time in many years that the Nomads completed a double over Bullets in the league.
Wanderers director of football David Kanyenda said the gesture is a token of appreciation from the business mogul and philanthropist, who is also the club’s main sponsor and board chairperson.
He said: “The president was delighted with the team’s performance.
“The gesture was also meant to motivate them ahead of the upcoming fixtures.”
On his part, Mpinganjira said he was delighted with the league double over their age-old rivals after a long time.
“Hopefully, that spirit will continue in the upcoming matches,” he said.
According to The Nation findings, the 16 players who featured in the match as well as the head coach Bob Mpinganjira and his two assistants, MacDonald Mtetemera and Sherry Msuku, got K750 000 each.
Unused substitutes got K375 000 each while those that did not feature received K200 000 each.
Other members of the technical panel rearned between K250 000 and K500 000 each.
The victory saw the Nomads cutting Bullets’ leads at the summit of the 16-team log to just a point.
Substitute Adam Wallace drew first blood with his first touch of the match in the first half before Blessings Singini’s brace in the second half, sealed Wanderers’ victory.
The Lali Lubani Road outfit has 48 points from 20 games and they stand proudly as the only unbeaten team in the top-flight.
This afternoon, the Nomads host table-anchors Songwe Border United of Karonga at Kamuzu Stadium.
Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) of Karonga Diocese has urged Chitipa District Grievance Redress Mechanism Committee members to promote the right to food in Traditional Authority Mwenewenya in the district.
The commission’s national coordinator Lewis Msiyadungu said this on Wednesday during the training of the committee, adding that it will be the first point to receive and resolve matters pertaining to access to food.
“We are expecting all the grievances and conflicts that will arise at community level to be amicably resolved,” said Msiyadungu.
Chitipa District Council director of economic planning and development Phillimon Maseko commended CCJP for training the committee on how to resolve complaints on food access or distribution.
The project, among others, seeks to ensure that people receive relief food items in time or are able to access food without challenges and consume the food the area produces.
Janet Kaira, a community member, said sometimes the area does not or receives relief food late due to poor road network.
“We ask duty-bearers to plan properly when deciding to dispatch relief food to the area. We also ask authorities to ensure fair distribution of relief food,” she said.
Last month, CCJP drilled community members in T/A Mwenewenya to promote people’s right to food as well as embark on nutrition sensitisation activities.
The 30 trainees were drawn from Wenya Community Action Group and Wenya Area Development Committee.
CCJP is running Right to Food Project with support from Weilthungerhilfe.
