BULAWAYO giants Highlanders have started paying off part of the estimated $18,000 that the club owes its former coach Kelvin Kaindu.
The club was on Tuesday quick to point that it was not a golden handshake as reported in some sections of the media but outstanding allowances and a one-month salary in lieu of leave that Bosso owed Kaindu.
Part of the money was for the Caf A coaching licence that the Zambian attended in Zambia late last year.
Without disclosing figures, citing employer/employee confidentiality, Highlanders chief executive officer Ndumiso Gumede said the money has since been deposited into the Zambian's Zimbabwean bank account.
"For the record I want to state that what we have paid our former coach is not a buy-out clause but outstanding allowances, part of his signing-on fees and a month's salary in lieu of leave" said Gumede.
He said the other outstanding signing-on fees ought to have been paid at the beginning of next year: "When we engaged him we agreed that we were going to pay in batches.
"We refused to pay for his Uefa badges which he attended so many times in the United Kingdom because as a club we didn't benefit from those achievements as he has since left. The Caf A had the blessings of the club, we agreed that we'll pay him for attending the course," said Gumede.
It is believed that Bosso have since deposited about $8,000 into the Zambian's account.
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