The Sports Dispute Tribunal (SDT) will on June 4 make a ruling in a case filed by former Kenya Police FC coach Francis Baraza against Kenya Police.Njeri Onyango who was chairing Tuesday’s session pushed the ruling to next month as it was not ready yet.In the case filed early this year, Baraza is demanding to be paid Ksh 4.5million over alleged breach of contract. CONFIRMED: Harambee Stars to host FIFA World Cup qualifier against Burundi in MalawiThe coach is being represented by Ochutsi, Munyendo and Company advocates. Barasa was fired at the beginning of this season after the law keepers had a slow start to the league.He then moved to the SDT accusing the team of letting him go without following due process as they were supposed to give him a one-month notice and pay him his salary of Ksh 400,000.##NAJAVA_MECA_8103889##By the time he was being fired, Police had paid Baraza only Ksh 200,000 as part of his salary.But in their defence Police insisted they were right to fire their former coach who has since moved to Tanzania. Francis Baraza demands close to Ksh 5 Million from Kenya Police FC, alleges unfair dismissalThrough State Counsel Martin Munene, Police denied all allegations levelled against them by the tactician.Instead, the club accused Barasa of failing in his duties which automatically rendered the one year contract they had signed with him untenable.The club also pointed out that according to the contents of the contract they had with Baraza, the coach was to be fired automatically if the club loses or draws two consecutive matches.“In the alternative, the contract was also to be automatically terminated forthwith if the club loses or draws in three separate matches,” added the affidavit.Police insists that because of the above clauses in the contract, they did not need to submit Barasa to a disciplinary procedure before sacking him as the contract stood terminated when the club lost or drew in two consecutive matches or drew in two consecutive matches.“We believe that clause 15 (c) of the contract served as a notice of termination of the contract,” argued the club.
