By MOSES CHIMFWEMBE –

THE Zambia Football Coaches Association (ZAFCA) has backed Sports Minister Chishimba Kambwili’s directive for the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) to find a coach to help Honour Janza qualify Zambia to the Morocco 2015 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
Kambwili on Thursday said the Chipolopolo technical bench needed to be beefed up following a sluggish start to the qualifiers that has seen the 2012 African champions picking up just a point from a possible six.
The Chipolopolo, who guest Niger on October 11 with the return fixture billed for Levy Mwanawasa Stadium four days later, are currently third in group F with one point, having drawn 0-0 against Mozambique and suffered a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Cape Verde.
ZAFCA president Patrick Kangwa said in an interview yesterday that Kambwili’s
directive was in line with the association’s position.
Kangwa last week issued a statement in which he recommended that the national team’s technical bench needed to be boosted ahead of the remaining qualifiers.
“The minister has reaffirmed what we proposed and if anything, we need two coaches to assist Janza execute his duties and we wrote to FAZ on the same proposal, so I think the Minister has just touched on an important issue that needs attention,” Kangwa said.
Kangwa said it did not matter whether the inclusions to the technical bench were sourced from within or outside the country but that the bench required strengthening.
Meanwhile, Chipolopolo assistant coach Chintu Kampamba has been awarded with the second best performing certificate at the B Licence International coaching course in Hennef, Germany.
The course attracted 29 participants from all over the world.
Kangwa commended Kampamba for the feat but urged him to apply the expertise he had acquired from the training to the development of the squad.
“I would like to congratulate Kampamba for that achievement but I think what is important is the conversion of the knowledge he has acquired on the team, that’s what counts in football,” he said.