Despite claiming a memorable win over Namibia in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, Harambee Stars head coach Engin Firat went on a rant after failing to receive his salary for nine months.Kenya bagged their second AFCON away qualifier victory in 22 years following the win over Namibia to move to the top of Group J which also includes five-time African champions Cameroon and Zimbabwe. Firat however bemoaned the lack of full support from Kenyan fans, referencing the game against Zimbabwe that was staged in Uganda as he went on to reveal his salary arrears. ##NAJAVA_MECA_8325773##“What makes me sad is that we have no support, against Uganda I was told we would have 5,000 fans but I could count how many were there.I am also not okay, if you don’t pay the coach for nine months even one dollar, then what do you want? I want people to stop criticising the team. Now we have FKF elections and everyone makes propaganda even the ex-national team coach,” said Firat in a post-match press conference. Harambee Stars move top after securing second AFCON away qualifier win in 22 yearsThe Turkish-Cypriot coach looked to hit back at his predecessor Jacob ‘Ghost’ Mulee who criticised his tactics following the barren draw against Zimbabwe. Harambee Stars have a monumental task of securing their first-ever victory against Cameroon when the two teams meet in the next AFCON qualifiers in October in back-to-back games.Firat also expressed confidence in facing Cameroon in the next set of matches, drawing belief from the previous matches against high-level opposition. Ghost Mulee criticizes Firat’s tactics in Harambee Stars draw against Zimbabwe”Do they (Cameroon) think we are easy? Cameroon should be thinking about how they want to crack us. I’m not afraid of Cameroon, you saw how the boys played before against Ivory Coast against Russia, and Qatar.If we have the boys together the boys are very united and believe in each other. The boys are unbeaten this year, they won a trophy out of the country for the first time,” added Firat. ##NAJAVA_MECA_8326030##
