30 coaches, largely youthful, have commenced their ‘CAF C’ license coaching course at Buruburu, and at the end of the month-long course, they will all have the minimum requirement to handle an FKF Premier League team.The course, which will be conducted by FKF FIFA Instructors Salim Ali and Leonard Odipo, will run until April 14, after which all those taking part will be handed certificates.##NAJAVA_MECA_7087816##The course was opened on Monday by FKF Vice President Doris Petra, who is also the acting president. The FKF boss challenged the coaches to mentor the players wholly.”Mentor these young players. Pay attention to them on and off the pitch; mold them in a holistic way,” she told FKF Media.FKF CEO Barry Otieno said the Federation was focusing on progressing coaches. He pointed out that those who had been trained for CAF D got placements.”Every coach here we trained at the CAF D level; they went out to academies, clubs, and schools to work, and now we get to move them to the next level. This is what we are really interested in—developing active coaches and raising them to a higher technical level. “Ex-Kenya international Kenneth Wendo, who is also the Tusker FC head coach, said he was looking forward to continuing to develop young players.”The youth are the future of football. They are the people who will get us to the World Cup but we have to empower them. I am here to get the knowledge that will help me impact the next generation.”Another huge step & win in my professional coaching journey . Excited to start my CAF C License Coaching Course today courtesy of @Football_Kenya 🙏🏿 Learning & injecting more professionalism into our beautiful game is a continuous process that never stops 🙌🏾 pic.twitter.com/GznPBlgibN— Ronald Okoth (@RonaldOkoth__) March 13, 2023 Former Sofapaka, KCB, Mathare United, Western Stima, and Nairobi Stima forward Ronald Okoth is happy to be back for his CAF C license, noting that it is something that he has been looking forward to for over a year.”This is a big moment for me. It’s an opportunity I have wanted since I took my D license. We were out in the cold for a year, yearning for this knowledge, and now we have our chance. We look forward to taking this knowledge back to our academies, clubs, and the grassroots.”Kibera Black Stars Coach Evans Omondi, whose team is fourth in the National Super League, said the course was an opportunity to push his team closer to the FKF Premier League.”We are playing in the NSL now, if I take whatever I learn here and apply it to my team, I know we will be somewhere.”Also in attendance were FKF Nairobi East Secretary General Dickson Doyo and FIFA Technical Consultant for West and East Africa Dominique Niyonzima.Kuta, Dola join FC Talanta
