Former Harambee Stars head coach Engin Firat (54) has slapped his immediate former employers Football Kenya Federation (FKF) with a demand notice to have his salary accrued to Ksh 75 million paid in the next 14 days.According to the demand notice, it was sent to the newly elected FKF boss Hussein Mohammed on Wednesday, just two days after the Turkish coach had resigned from his role after Kenya failed to qualify for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco.According to the demand notice, Firat has warned to take FKF to the World governing body, FIFA, if the mentioned amount is not settled in full in the next 14 days.##NAJAVA_MECA_56380397##A close source to the coach, who did not want to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter, confirmed the latest development.“Firat’s demand letter was sent on Wednesday, and part of the demands in the letter include he wants to be paid his salary accrued to Ksh 75 million in full in the next 14 days,” the source told Flashscore.“Failure to which he has threatened to move to FIFA to sue FKF after the 14-day elapse.”Firat had resigned citing comments made by Cabinet Secretary for Sports Kipchumba Murkomen, who said the Kenyan government was engaging in ways to terminate his contract after he failed to take Harambee Stars to the 35th edition of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) tournament in the North African.##NAJAVA_MECA_8576436##On his decision to quit, Firat told Flashscore: “I have terminated my contract after this CS (Murkomen) talked so much about me, but let Football Kenya Federation (FKF) make the announcement.”FKF President Mohammed later issued a statement confirming the exit of Firat, saying the former Moldovan tactician had tendered his resignation on grounds of pending arrears.“I want to confirm that Firat’s termination reached me yesterday (Tuesday) in the evening; I was not privy to it, and definitely we will do an internal audit first on the claims of arrears (owed to him), and once the report comes out, we will deal with the matter, but the grounds of termination are the pending arrears,” said Mohammed.Odada, Otieno unused as Anyembe misses action in DenmarkKenya, who were chasing a seventh appearance at the Morocco tournament, failed to seal a ticket after finishing third in Group J, which consisted of winners Cameroon, second-placed Zimbabwe, and Namibia, who finished last.The problem of Kenya not paying coaches is not new. In May 2016, FKF found themselves sweating over a Sh 245 million legal suit from two of its former coaches, Bobby Williamson and Adel Amrouche.Harambee Stars head coach Engin Firat resignsWilliamson, who handled Harambee Stars for 16 months, was seeking compensation of Ksh 105 million for unlawful dismissal, while Belgian Amrouche was demanding Ksh 130 million as compensation, an amount equivalent to the remainder of his five-year contract, which was to run until 2019, but he was fired in August 2014.In 2020, Frenchman Sebastien Migne threatened to report FKF to FIFA over unpaid dues. Migne, who led Kenya to the 2019 AFCON in Egypt after a 15-year wait where they failed to go past the group stage, was fired following Harambee Stars’ elimination from the 2020 African Nations Championship (CHAN).Departed Harambee Stars head coach Engin Firat (54) has slapped his former employers Football Kenya Federation (FKF) with a demand notice to have his salary accrued to Ksh 75 million paid in the next 14 days.Flashscore can exclusively reveal that the demand notice was sent to… pic.twitter.com/p9pa5Lrspu— Brian Odhiambo (@Odhiambo_Brian1) December 15, 2024
