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==Personal life== In September 2003, LuaLua was fined Β£175 by Newcastle Magistrates Court for watching British television without a [[Television licensing in the United Kingdom|licence]].<ref>{{cite news |title=LuaLua fined for no TV licence |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/7015535.lualua-fined-no-tv-licence/ |access-date=3 December 2021 |work=The Northern Echo |date=17 September 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Licence fine for LuaLua |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/licence-fine-for-lualua-1662573 |access-date=3 December 2021 |work=Evening Chronicle |date=17 September 2003}}</ref> In 2005, LuaLua became patron of the Haslar Visitors Group, a charity that works with detainees in an immigration removal centre.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2005/mar/09/asylum.football|title=Lomana Tresor LuaLua |last=Benjamin |first=Alison |date=9 March 2005 |work=The Guardian|access-date=15 February 2009 | location=London}}</ref> In the following year, he set up the LuaLua Foundation, building a hostel, sport and education complex in [[Kinshasa]] to provide care and education for orphaned children in DR Congo.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_football/4794947.stm|title=LuaLua sets up Congo foundation |date=15 August 2006|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=14 June 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/6266831.stm|title=LuaLua seeks to make a difference |date=16 January 2007 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=14 June 2008}}</ref> He is also actively involved in the [[Show Racism the Red Card]] campaign and was involved in the launch of a new video entitled "A Safe Place", which features Premiership footballers talking about their experiences with racism.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.kickitout.org/news.php/news_id/1158|title=Pompey launch anti-racism video|date=11 November 2004|publisher=Kick It Out|access-date=8 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716031154/http://www.kickitout.org/news.php/news_id/1158|archive-date=16 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> LuaLua is a [[Born again (Christianity)|born-again Christian]] and his former teammate at Portsmouth, [[Linvoy Primus]], was quoted saying "We are not scared to say we pray together before games. About 45 minutes before a game we link our arms and just pray that we can glorify God."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.familytrust.org.uk/downloads/582008/Profiles%20%20-%20Term5&6%202008.pdf |title=Week 9 β Linvoy Primus |publisher=Family Trust |access-date=26 December 2009 }}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2006/02/11/exclusive-lualua-i-forgive-115875-16691010/|title=LuaLua: I Forgive |work=Daily Mirror|date=11 February 2006 |access-date=26 December 2009|last=Crook|first=Alex}}</ref> LuaLua wrote the [[foreword]] to ''You Can Have Chips'', the [[autobiography]] of his former manager [[Steve Wignall]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=You Can Have Chips: The Autobiography of Steve Wignall|publisher=Amazon.com|id= {{ASIN|1904444962|country=uk}}}}</ref>
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