Nyasa Big Bullets have kick-started their ambitious sports complex project in Mpemba, Blantyre along Chikwawa Road.

In an interview yesterday, the People’s Team vice-president Fleetwood Haiya said the project will be done in four or five phases.

A worker captured at the government-funded Bullets stadium project site in this file photo

He said: “The first phase was soil and sand analysis and we spent about K15 million on that.

“The second phase involves coming up with the structures and for that, I do not have the estimated costs while the third phase will be land preparation and construction of training grounds and ablution blocks that will include dressing and bathrooms as well as toilets.”

Haiya said the fourth phase at the 13-hectare space, situated about seven kilometres outside Blantyre central business district, will be construction of office complex and conference rooms.

“The rest will be tackled as we go and I cannot exactly say how long it will take us because it will be an ongoing project. For instance, we could find land developers so that people can invest because it is quite a huge piece of land,” he said.

Haiya said priority will be the construction of grounds for matches and training.

He said: “This we will have to do as soon as possible because we are spending a lot of money on training ground rentals.

“For instance, we spend K50 000 every two hours at Blantyre Sports Club and if we train twice it translates to K100 000 and in a month we spend about K3 million.

“In a year it is approximately K36 million.”

The Bullets vice-president also said while government has committed to complete construction of their stadium in Zingwangwa Township, “it is important that we should have our own place where all our teams, main, reserve, youth and women’s can train”.

Soon after unveiling the project in December last year, Haiya said the team’s  owners Nyasa Manufacturing Company, are fulfilling the pledges they made when taking over the outfit.

The club’s president Konrad Buckle told MBC Radio 2FM that their plan to turn the club into a fully professional outfit is working.

He said: “Although we started as a sponsorship, we are heading towards a professional club.

“[Of course], we are making losses, but its all about laying the structures for the future.

“You have to breed your own talent and then nurture it and polish it other than spend money on buying players.”

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