Africa-Press – Malawi. The Football Association of Malawi ( FAM) has refuted reports as published in Malawi News of March 9, 2022 that the Association is spending MK17 million accommodation bill a month at Amaryllis Hotel in Blantyre on the newly appointed Flames head coach Mario Marinica.
The Association has described the figure published in the article as an exaggeration that just want to portray FAM as being extravagant and wasteful association.
In a statement, FAM clarifies that the truth of the matter is that since his arrival in the country in November, 2021, Marinica has been staying at Amaryllis Hotel and that initially this was supposed to be a temporally arrangement for month as he was finalizing his employment and work permit document.
The statement adds that Marinica had to accompany the Flames to Saudi Arabia for Pre-AFCON comping in December, 2021 and Cameroon for the AFCON in January, 2022.
” The Flames left Malawi on December 23, 2021 and returned on January 28 , 2022. Upon return from AFCON, Marinica was supposed to be provided with accommodation with Blantyre as provided in his employment contract.
“As FAM was in the process of identifying the house, Amaryllis Hotel offered special long-stay package which effectively addressed the accommodation needs of Marinica and was also found to be cost effective for FAM,” reads part of the statement.
FAM adds, “Amaryllis offered FAM a special rate of K900,000.00 per month including all services apart from meals ( lunch and dinner). The public may wish to appreciate that the rentals for fully furnished houses being offered were in the the ranges of K900,000.00 – K1.2 million per month.
“Apart from the monthly rentals, FAM was expected to bear the following expenses:• 24 hour security services with alarms costing between K600,000.00 – K1.0 million. • DSTV services- K90,000.00
• Internet WiFi- K60,000.00 • Generator and fuel running costs- K100,000.00
• Utilities and Domestic workers- K300,000.00″.
FAM says, “This would cost the Association not less than MK2.4 million per month, but K900,000.00 special package from the hotel covers all these expenses which has helped it make significant savings of MK1.5 million per month which is amounting to MK7.5 million for the five months Marinica has stayed in the country”.
Meanwhile, the Association has assured stakeholders and the public of continuing exercise care, due diligence, and prudence in management of its resources at all times.
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