Former Harambee Stars head coach Engin Firat (54) has revealed his next move after he failed to get a response from the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) after his demand notice to have his salary accrued to Ksh 75 million paid in 14 days elapsed.The demand notice was sent to the new FKF boss Hussein Mohammed, 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 had warned to report FKF to the World governing body FIFA if the mentioned amount was not settled in full in 14 days.Engin Firat slaps FKF with huge financial demands, threatens FIFA moveFirat had resigned citing comments made by the then Cabinet Secretary for Sports Kipchumba Murkomen, who had said that the Kenyan government was engaging in ways to terminate his contract after he failed to take Harambee Stars to the 35th edition of Confederation of African Football (CAF) tournament in the North African nation.Firat has now shed more light on the situation and whether he has received any response from FKF or the Kenyan government over his demand notice.##NAJAVA_MECA_8633275##The former Moldova tactician said there was no response yet and that the situation will now get even worse because he intends to authorise his lawyer to pursue the matter with FIFA.“Until now there is nothing from FKF side, nothing, no answer, no offer, no nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, and I gave it all to my agent so I think now at this moment, I need only to give authorization to the lawyer and then it will go like these because it must be done by the lawyer and I see there is no movement in Kenya,” Firat told Flashcore.“But from what I know is they have done nothing (to respond to my demand letter) and I don’t know especially now their friend the CS (Murkomen) took over in a different position and I don’t know how the situation with them and the new Sports CS is, so it is really going to be mess for sure and I don’t know what to say.”Kenyan midfielder close to sealing record Ksh465 million move to Czech RepublicFirat further detailed his telephone conversation with FKF boss Mohammed after he had tendered his resignation.“So in detail, on Saturday was FKF elections and on Sunday I sent the termination of the contract, and on Wednesday the new FKF President Hussein (Mohammed) called me, and I told him that I am not in Kenya and I explained to him the situation and that is all, after that I did not hear anything anymore,” explained Firat.“I gave them the number of my agent so Mohammed talked to the agent and he explained everything was very clear, he told them also to talk to our lawyers, but I told Mohammed that after what the Sports CS had done and the talks, there was no goodwill on my side anymore.##NAJAVA_MECA_8632804##“It was in no way unacceptable, very disrespectful, so from now on they should talk directly to my agent about the matter because I want to focus on my own life and not these kinds of matters.”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.Williamson, who handled Harambee Stars for 16 months, was seeking compensation of Ksh 105million 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.Dennis Oliech advises Joseph Okumu on his next career moveIn 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)
