Referees have every reason to smile after the Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) and the Tanzania Premier League Board (TPLB) settled their outstanding dues ahead of the league's resumption.
The Tanzania Mainland League and other lower tiers were suspended in mid-March owing to the Covid-19 outbreak, but President John Pombe Magufuli gave the green light for games to resume from June 1.
The two bodies have now ensured the referees have no reason to complain when the matches are played, and they have motivated them by paying their dues.
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"TPLB and TFF have paid top tier referees and their counterparts for lower ties their dues totalling Tsh555,661,400 for the current 2019/20 season," the league managers confirmed through their Twitter account on June 1.