On 9th June 2019, Zedekiah ‘Zico’ Otieno began his four-year journey as the Head Coach at Football Kenya Federation Premier League (FKFPL) side KCB FC.It was a journey that ended this July with the bankers finishing in fifth place in the standings and speaking on his stay at the club, the coach said he has no regrets and is proud of his performance during that time.“We did our best with the club as a group. Atleast we left them somewhere significant and for that we remain proud,” he begins.Among the achievements ‘Zico’ boasts of he says includes bringing up a number of young players to stardom.Among the players he mentions include Derick Otanga and Sydney Lokale. The latter won the golden boot two seasons ago.Kenyan lawyer Japheth Munyendo joins FIFA“At one point, KCB had six players in the national team when Jacob ‘Ghost’ Mulee was the head coach. It had never happened before and it showed that we were doing something.”##NAJAVA_MECA_7395946##Pressed on why KCB were never really title contenders, the former Gor Mahia defender said: “Winning the league is a process. First of all, you have to make your team attractive to quality players. It is the only way you can compete with the best in the market. If you cannot do it, it means you have to work twice as hard.”“We were in the process of developing our players and then we try and win the league unfortunately it did not work. In retrospect, I believe we did our best with what we had. My first season at KCB was interrupted by covid so it was wasted. Come the following season we finished second. The third season we finished seventh but it was nullified.” TWIST: Gad Mathews to stay at Gor Mahia“Then last season, we managed fifth position tying on points with Kenya Police and Nzoia and we collected the highest number of points ever for the team. This was despite the fact that we had to let go of six of our best players and were forced to start rebuilding. So I believe we did a good job overall.”Zico is among the tacticians rumoured to be eyeing the vacant Ulinzi Stars job.
