Silver Strikers Football Club has hired lawyers G. Nankhuni and Partners to deal with the matter of Hassan Kajoke. The lawyers have petitioned Football Association of Malawi (FAM) asking FAM to expel Hassan Kajoke on the ground of theft, fraud, deceit, dishonesty and bringing the game of football in Malawi into disrepute.
The lawyers have informed FAM that Hassan Kajoke currently has two running contracts with Silver Strikers Football Club and FCB Nyasa Big Bullets Football Club. He signed a three year’s contract with Silver Strikers on 4th January, 2023 which is running up to 3rd January, 2026. On 21st March, 2023 the same Hassan Kajoke signed another three years contract with FCB Nyasa Big Bullets. Silver Strikers Football Club has told FAM that this is totally unacceptable in sports.
Silver Strikers Football Club through lawyers has told FAM that in January, 2023, Hassan Kajoke and his manager Ken Mvula approached Silver Strikers Football Club stating that Hassan Kajoke was a free agent because his contract with Nyasa Big Bullets had expired on 31st December, 2023. As a result Silver Strikers signed a three years contract with him. Silver Strikers even announced to the general public that it had signed Hassan Kajoke for 2023 season.
After public announcement, FCB Nyasa Big Bullets complained that Hassan Kajoke contract was expiring on 31st March, 2023. However Silver Strikers informed FAM that FIFA and FAM Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players provide that a player is free to sign for another team if the contract is expiring within six months. Hassan Kajoke and Ken Mvula then filed Affidavits with FAM, mau olumbila kuti ngati ukunama uzamangidwa, that Hassan Kajoke had already told Nyasa Big Bullets through the Team Manager, James Chilapondwa and Head Coach Pasuwa in December 2022 before the Airtel Top Final with Might Mukuru Wanderers that he was not going to play for Nyasa Big Bullets again.
On 1st March, 2023, Hassan Kajoke wrote Nyasa Big Bullets that in fact he was not going to wait for 31st March, 2023. He terminated the contract that was expiring on 31st March, 2023 because Nyasa Big Bullets had refused to pay his salary for January and February, 2023. Football Association of Malawi (FAM) officially stamped his termination letter on 2nd March, 2023. In total confusion, FCB Nyasa Big Bullets announced that they had signed Hassan Kajoke on 21st March, 2023 meaning Hassan Kajoke has two running contracts in one season of 2023. This conduct is unacceptable in football and is violation of FIFA and FAM rules. Lawyers of Silvers Strikers have demanded that Hassan Kajoke and his manager should be expelled from participating in any football matters in Malawi. Hassan Kajoke should also refund the signing on fees and upkeep allowances he got from Silver Strikers. Lawyers have further warned that what Hassan Kajoke and his Manaager did is theft and dishonestly which is punishable with prison sentence under the law.
