Struggling Football Kenya Federation Premier League side Nzoia Sugar are expected to unveil a new coach on Friday.Nzoia are currently coach-less after suspending interim manager Steve Biko on Tuesday over a string of poor performances that puts the club at risk of sinking to the National Super League.The sugarmen are at the rock bottom of the standings with sixteen points from 23 matches and will have to bag wins consistently in the remaining eleven matches to survive.##NAJAVA_MECA_7929628##Nzoia turned to Biko’s expertise at the start of the year after suspending Godfrey ‘Solo’ Oduor who had been in charge from the time the campaign started.Biko managed a single win in the five matches he oversaw with his predecessor inspiring the club to three victories.Unraveling the mystery behind Bolton Omwenga’s two-year football hiatusNzoia chairman Yappets Mokua said the management was perusing through profiles of the five coaches who had expressed interest in the job.Mokua said the club will hire a manager with a proven record in the top tier and a holder of the CAF B coaching license.“We will announce a new coach on Friday. We have received five applications and we are in the process of sieving for the best. We will hire an experienced coach unlike in the past where we have settled for relatively youthful ones,” said Mokua who returned to the club last year, replacing Evance Kadenge.Mokua said the new manager’s immediate task will be wrestling Nzoia from the difficult ground.Ingwe night, legends battle and ladies contest all lined for 60th anniversaryThe administrator said the management had confidence in the playing unit and was convinced that it was good enough to beat the drop.“The reason we have a preference for an experienced and result-driven coach is the fact that we want to survive,” he said.Asked about the fate of the two suspended coaches with respect to their industrial rights, Mokua said the two had paid the price for the poor results recorded under their watch.
