Charles Okere, who has been serving as Tusker FC’s second assistant coach and head of the youth team, will be in charge of the club until a substantive head coach is named.The coaching position at Tusker fell vacant on Wednesday when the club decided against extending Robert Matano’s contract. ##NAJAVA_MECA_8215753##The veteran tactician exited after six years in charge of the Brewers, a side he led to two league titles in his second stint, although the 2021/22 title remains contested after the nullification of the season.Exit Matano, enter Okere. The former Harambee Starlets head coach is now calling the shots and took charge of training on Wednesday and Thursday. The club is in the process of appointing another head coach to work with the interim coach.”He’s the man in charge. We’ve been informed that he will be guiding the team for now until the management makes a decision on the way forward in terms of coaching,” one of the players told Mozzart Sport.Okere is best remembered for topping the 2023-24 CAF A Diploma class. He emerged top in a class of 25 coaches.Bandari ace sets ambitious goal for the new seasonSigns that Matano would eventually leave started last year when he fell out with club chairman Charles Gacheru, who had threatened to fire him if he did not beat Gor Mahia in the first leg. The tactician fired back, urging the administrator to relieve him of his duties instead of issuing threats.Tusker lost the game 1-0, but Matano continued with his job, with Gacheru promising to back the tactician to deliver good results for the remainder of the campaign.Matano reported for training on Monday but was absent on Wednesday, and it was later confirmed that his services were no longer needed in Ruaraka.A host of local and foreign coaches have been linked with the job, but for now, Okere is the man in charge.Sofapaka president Elly Kalekwa survives horrific road accident
