Former Kenya Police FC coach Francis Baraza will appeal a ruling that awarded him Ksh 4.2m for unfair dismissal.His lawyer Ochutsi Munyendo said they were not satisfied with the awarded amount and will be moving to appeal against it.In a statement, Munyendo said they are aggrieved that they did not receive what they had asked for.“Whereas we commend the court for considering and making declarations as we had sought for, we are aggrieved to the extent that the monetary awards are not commensurate to the damages pleaded that match the pedigree of our client. He is a highly profiled coach whose magic restored the respondent’ fortunes in 2022/2023 season. We reasonably believe that our client deserves something to the tune of Ksh 6.8million or thereabouts as we had pleaded,” “We are not convinced as to why he wasn’t awarded the same when the respondents we found guilty,” he said. Erick ‘Marcelo’ Ouma declares full fitness, eyes return to Rakow in Poland and Harambee Stars##NAJAVA_MECA_8142667##Munyendo said ordinarily, this is what the FIFA Player Status body would have awarded had Baraza’s contract and dispute landed before it given its jurisprudence on several aspects that include procedural impropriety“We shall thus be appealing the decision by the honorable Tribunal so that we can satisfactorily have clarity on certain limbs we had asked for and consequently have closure,” he added.On Tuesday, the tribunal ordered Kenya Police to pay Barasa Ksh 4.2million for breach of contract.In the ruling, the tribunal found the lawkepers guilty of breaching an employment contract they had with their former head coach.“We find their actions were unfair and not in line with the employment laws in the country,” said part of the ruling.Police were ordered to pay Baraza ten months’ salary arrears covering the period between September last year and June 2024 totaling Ksh 3.6million.Further, they will also pay Baraza a one-month salary in lieu of notice totaling Ksh 400,000 and were also ordered to pay the costs of the suit.Baraza was fired at the beginning of this season after the law keepers had a slow start to the league.He then moved to the SDT accusing the team of letting him go without following due process as they were supposed to give him a one-month notice and pay him his salary of Sh.400,000.By the time he was being fired, Police had paid him only Ksh 200,000 as part of his salary. But in their defence Police insisted they were right to fire their former coach who has since moved to Tanzania.Through State Counsel Martin Munene, Police denied all allegations levelled against them by the tactician.Instead, the club accused Baraza of failing in his duties which automatically rendered the one year contract they had signed with him untenable.The club also pointed out that according to the contents of the contract they had with Baraza, the coach was to be fired automatically if the club loses or draws two consecutive matches.“In the alternative, the contract was also to be automatically terminated forthwith if the club loses or draws in three separate matches,” added the affidavit.Police insists that because of the above clauses in the contract, they did not need to submit Baraza to a disciplinary procedure before sacking him as the contract stood terminated when the club lost or drew in two consecutive matches or drew in two consecutive matches.“We believe that clause 15 (c) of the contract served as a notice of termination of the contract,” argued the club.
