Kenyan coach returns

December 11, 2008

Kenya coach Francis Kimanzi has returned to his post after a recent fall out with the Kenyan football authorities. He had previously he has been unhappy with the commitment shown by the authorities to his team and said he would no longer take charge of the side however he signed a new contract on Thursday and says he is now happy with the deal that has been put in place.

“Together with my technical team, we’re satisfied, we only want to see if it’s honoured, and honoured in a very professional way,” Kimanzi said.

“They should make sure that everything is paid and paid on time, so that I only get the players to concentrate on the 90 minutes and nothing else.”

Kimanzi took over as caretaker coach in May, and took Kenya through to the final phase of 2010 World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations qualifying, which begins in March.

He is also coach of Mathare United, who won this year’s Kenyan league championship.

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