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Kenya: Harambee Stars Coaching Job Very Much a Game of Musical Chairs

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The position of Kenya’s Harambee Stars head coach is proving to be a hot seat particularly under the regime of Football Kenya Federation (FKF) president Nick Mwendwa.

Jacob “Ghost” Mulee surprisingly exited the job on Wednesday evening becoming the sixth coach to leave the Harambee Stars job, and the seventh change, in five years, that is an average of just over one coach a year.

Mulee was sent packing on Wednesday evening barely 11 months into the job.

Of worry is that little explanation is given of the parting of ways other than the perfunctory “on mutual consent” with the team left in high seas.

Francis Kimanzi’s exit last year was particularly baffling as his performance had been spot on and the team had a shouting chance of qualifying for the Africa Cup of Nations.

The appointment of untested Stanley Okumbi in 2016 was as mysterious as it was disappointing. His record left Kenyans wondering what the federation had seen in him.

Mulee, a popular radio presenter was shown the door together with his assistant Twahir Muhhidin and goalkeeping coach Haggai Azande.

Assistant coaches Ken Odhiambo and William Muluya were retained as the federation searched for a new replacement.

“FKF and Harambee Stars tactician Jacob ‘Ghost’ Mulee, his assistant Twahir Muhiddin and goalkeeping coach Haggai Azande have reached a decision to part ways on mutual consent, effective immediately,” said a statement signed by FKF Secretary Barry Otieno on Wednesday.