Former Harambee Starlets tactician Godfrey ‘Solo’ Oduor has challenged Kenyan coaches to take bold steps and test their skills beyond borders.Oduor joined the growing list of Kenyan coaches plying their trade abroad after joining South Sudanese side Jamus FC. He will be tasked with assisting former AFC Leopards and Bandari head coach Andre Casa Mbungo at Jamus, who had to look for the external market in order to fulfil the club licensing demands. ##NAJAVA_MECA_6181##Clubs participating in continental matches will have to be managed by tacticians who are bearers of the CAF A license or an equivalent. Oduor, who is not new to the assistant coach job having served KCB FC in a similar capacity for four seasons, called on his colleagues not to limit themselves to the Kenyan market. “Coaching in South Sudan is quite an experience. Africa is a football-loving continent and I encourage more Kenyan coaches to take opportunities outside the country,” he said in a telephone interview. “We were just unable to utilize our chances”- Kimani says after Police CAF CC preliminary round draw at homeOduor had a rather rude welcome to Jamus as the club lost 1-0 to Stade Tunisien in a CAF Confederation Cup match played last Friday at Juba Stadium.He was not the sole Kenyan involved in the match as his compatriot, Francis Oliele, was the match commissioner.The former Kibera Black Stars coach is confident of, pulling a football miracle in Tunis and, turning the tie in their favour despite the odds being stacked heavily against them.”Experience cost us in the first leg but I believe we can do it in the return leg,” he added.STARS ABROAD: Win for Senaji as Timothy Ouma is sent off in SwedenJoining Oduor in praying for positive results in the return leg is coach David Ouma as his Coastal Union side lost 3-0 to Bravos Dos Maquis of Angola. Ouma, a former Starlets and Sofapaka coach, joined Coastal Union in November last year and helped the club return to, continental football following a fourth-place finish in the Tanzanian Premier League.
