The move has left many football stakeholders wondering whether the deal the FKF signed with StarTimes was valid, with others saying it will not help grow Kenyan football if matches from outside Nairobi is not aired live.
FKF CEO Barry Otieno has now shed some light on why they are yet to venture outside the city to air matches from there.
“We have to start somewhere, in life you must start somewhere, and there are people who have been issuing statements which are not factual in regards to the deal we signed with StarTimes,” Otieno told
Radio Jambo.
“It is very important for people to know the federation has now moved from being controversial to real-time because we are doing our things in an open manner, we don’t want to hide anything.
This development has forced the club management, led by Dan Shikanda, to step up the search for a coach with Zahera coming up as the candidate. There has been contact between representatives of the coach and the club,” a source close to Leopards told
Goal on Sunday.
“But no agreement as yet. Mwinyi will be interested in listening to what they have to offer. Leopards are a sleeping giant who needs an African coach with continental experience that can steer them to glory,” he concluded.
Based in Paris, Zahera boasts the experience of East African football. He has handled Tanzania s Yanga SC in the past. He led the team to two consecutive second-placed finishes in the Tanzania Mainland League and a place in the group stage of the Caf Confederation Cup.