{"id":39446,"date":"2023-01-26T22:15:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T22:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/fleetwood-haiya-throws-in-the-gauntlet-to-contest-for-sulom-presidency"},"modified":"2023-01-26T22:52:12","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T22:52:12","slug":"fleetwood-haiya-throws-in-the-gauntlet-to-contest-for-sulom-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/fleetwood-haiya-throws-in-the-gauntlet-to-contest-for-sulom-presidency","title":{"rendered":"Fleetwood Haiya throws in the gauntlet to contest for SULOM presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Nyasa Big Bullets vice-president Fleetwood Haiya, who has declared his interest to contest for the post of Super League of Malawi (SULOM) president, has spelt out five key issues he is set to execute once given the confidence to lead the country\u2019s top flight league.<\/p>\n

At a press conference held at Amalyliss Hotel in Blantyre on Tuesday morning, Haiya said his bid is premised on five pillars: 1. Serving clubs, in the best interest of the clubs;<\/p>\n

2. Setting up a professional and effective SULOM secretariat<\/p>\n

3. Initiating and implementing SULOM strategic plan;<\/p>\n

4. Realizing the full potential of Malawi elite football through commercialization; and<\/p>\n

5. Helping Super League clubs to achieve financial independence.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cAs you are aware, our elite football has been characterized with numerous challenges which have consequently derailed its growth from an amateur to a professional league.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is evident that our league is devoid of effective organization and sound administration, lacks a clear roadmap, efficiency and commercial acumen.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a result, clubs \u2014 who are owners of SULOM and meant to be the main beneficiaries \u2014 have not reaped the fruits of their efforts for the past decades.\u201d<\/p>\n

He stressed that clubs continue to be \u201cfinancially and economically unstable to an extent that they can hardly operate as viable sporting and business entities\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile these challenges are an open secret, it is sad to note that little has been done to address this predicament.\u201d<\/p>\n

He highlighted key challenges facing the league such as \u201clack of a solid organization culture, absence of a strategic plan and roadmap, absence of a fully-fledged secretariat and, feeble efforts towards commercialization\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is, therefore, not surprising that we have the least developed and attractive league within the region and the continent at large.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou will agree with me that addressing the above challenges requires a committed and courageous leadership \u2014 leadership that strives on integrity, transparency, accountability, inclusivity and equity.<\/p>\n

\u201cMalawi\u2019s elite league deserves a leadership that endeavours on serving clubs, in the best interest of the clubs and that is why \u2014after thorough consultation \u2014 I declare my candidacy as SULOM president for the forthcoming SULOM elections.\u201d<\/p>\n

Haiya added that he will soon unveil his detailed vision and manifesto ahead of the elective annual general meeting schedule for February 25. For the moment, it is Haiya up against the incumbent Tiya Somba-Banda, who has expressed interest to retain his post.<\/p>\n

Somba-Banda\u2019s team of the past 4-year tenure (2019) has Major Gilbert Mittawa as vice-president; Malinda Chinyama (treasurer); Williams Banda (general secretary); Zacharia Nyirenda (vice-general secretary, lawyer Muhammad Selemani (legal advisor) with executive committee members being Ali Mwachande, Charles Manyungwa, marketer Chimwemwe Nyirenda and Michael Chemayere.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Malawi<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. Nyasa Big Bullets vice-president Fleetwood Haiya, who has declared his interest to contest for the post of Super League of Malawi (SULOM) president, has spelt out five key issues he is set to execute once given the confidence to lead the country\u2019s top flight league. At a press conference held at Amalyliss […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":39445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[233,371,234],"class_list":["post-39446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-malawi","tag-malawi"],"yoast_head":"\nFleetwood Haiya throws in the gauntlet to contest for SULOM presidency - Malawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Nyasa Big Bullets vice-president Fleetwood Haiya, who has declared his interest to contest for the post of Super League ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/fleetwood-haiya-throws-in-the-gauntlet-to-contest-for-sulom-presidency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fleetwood Haiya throws in the gauntlet to contest for SULOM presidency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nyasa Big Bullets vice-president Fleetwood Haiya, who has declared his interest to contest for the post of Super League ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/fleetwood-haiya-throws-in-the-gauntlet-to-contest-for-sulom-presidency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Malawi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-01-26T22:15:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-01-26T22:52:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1674758741.74.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"562\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/fleetwood-haiya-throws-in-the-gauntlet-to-contest-for-sulom-presidency#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/fleetwood-haiya-throws-in-the-gauntlet-to-contest-for-sulom-presidency\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Fleetwood Haiya throws in the gauntlet to contest for SULOM presidency\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-26T22:15:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-26T22:52:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/fleetwood-haiya-throws-in-the-gauntlet-to-contest-for-sulom-presidency\"},\"wordCount\":462,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/fleetwood-haiya-throws-in-the-gauntlet-to-contest-for-sulom-presidency#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1674758741.74.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Malawi\",\"Malawi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/fleetwood-haiya-throws-in-the-gauntlet-to-contest-for-sulom-presidency#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/fleetwood-haiya-throws-in-the-gauntlet-to-contest-for-sulom-presidency\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/fleetwood-haiya-throws-in-the-gauntlet-to-contest-for-sulom-presidency\",\"name\":\"Fleetwood Haiya throws in the gauntlet to contest for SULOM presidency - Malawi\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/fleetwood-haiya-throws-in-the-gauntlet-to-contest-for-sulom-presidency#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/fleetwood-haiya-throws-in-the-gauntlet-to-contest-for-sulom-presidency#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1674758741.74.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-26T22:15:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-26T22:52:12+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Nyasa Big Bullets vice-president Fleetwood Haiya, who has declared his interest to contest for the post of Super League ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/fleetwood-haiya-throws-in-the-gauntlet-to-contest-for-sulom-presidency#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/fleetwood-haiya-throws-in-the-gauntlet-to-contest-for-sulom-presidency\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/fleetwood-haiya-throws-in-the-gauntlet-to-contest-for-sulom-presidency#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1674758741.74.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1674758741.74.jpg\",\"width\":750,\"height\":562,\"caption\":\"Fleetwood Haiya throws in the gauntlet to contest for SULOM presidency\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/fleetwood-haiya-throws-in-the-gauntlet-to-contest-for-sulom-presidency#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Fleetwood Haiya throws in the gauntlet to contest for SULOM presidency\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/\",\"name\":\"Malawi\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Fleetwood Haiya throws in the gauntlet to contest for SULOM presidency - Malawi","description":"Nyasa Big Bullets vice-president Fleetwood Haiya, who has declared his interest to contest for the post of Super League ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/fleetwood-haiya-throws-in-the-gauntlet-to-contest-for-sulom-presidency","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Fleetwood Haiya throws in the gauntlet to contest for SULOM presidency","og_description":"Nyasa Big Bullets vice-president Fleetwood Haiya, who has declared his interest to contest for the post of Super League ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/fleetwood-haiya-throws-in-the-gauntlet-to-contest-for-sulom-presidency","og_site_name":"Malawi","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-01-26T22:15:27+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-01-26T22:52:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":750,"height":562,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1674758741.74.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/fleetwood-haiya-throws-in-the-gauntlet-to-contest-for-sulom-presidency#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/fleetwood-haiya-throws-in-the-gauntlet-to-contest-for-sulom-presidency"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Fleetwood Haiya throws in the gauntlet to contest for SULOM presidency","datePublished":"2023-01-26T22:15:27+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-26T22:52:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/fleetwood-haiya-throws-in-the-gauntlet-to-contest-for-sulom-presidency"},"wordCount":462,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/fleetwood-haiya-throws-in-the-gauntlet-to-contest-for-sulom-presidency#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1674758741.74.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Malawi","Malawi"],"articleSection":["all news","sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/fleetwood-haiya-throws-in-the-gauntlet-to-contest-for-sulom-presidency#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/fleetwood-haiya-throws-in-the-gauntlet-to-contest-for-sulom-presidency","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/fleetwood-haiya-throws-in-the-gauntlet-to-contest-for-sulom-presidency","name":"Fleetwood Haiya throws in the gauntlet to contest for SULOM presidency - Malawi","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/fleetwood-haiya-throws-in-the-gauntlet-to-contest-for-sulom-presidency#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/fleetwood-haiya-throws-in-the-gauntlet-to-contest-for-sulom-presidency#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1674758741.74.jpg","datePublished":"2023-01-26T22:15:27+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-26T22:52:12+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Nyasa Big Bullets vice-president Fleetwood Haiya, who has declared his interest to contest for the post of Super League ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/fleetwood-haiya-throws-in-the-gauntlet-to-contest-for-sulom-presidency#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/fleetwood-haiya-throws-in-the-gauntlet-to-contest-for-sulom-presidency"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/fleetwood-haiya-throws-in-the-gauntlet-to-contest-for-sulom-presidency#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1674758741.74.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1674758741.74.jpg","width":750,"height":562,"caption":"Fleetwood Haiya throws in the gauntlet to contest for SULOM presidency"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/fleetwood-haiya-throws-in-the-gauntlet-to-contest-for-sulom-presidency#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Fleetwood Haiya throws in the gauntlet to contest for SULOM presidency"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/","name":"Malawi","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}