Mulee incited players, says Hatimy
Published on 10/12/2010
By GILBERT WANDERA
Former Harambee Stars coach Jacob Mulee has been accused of inciting players to boycott their match against Uganda Cranes last Sunday.
Football Kenya chairman Mohammed Hatimy claimed the former coach was trying to divert attention from his failures in the Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup.
Stars lost 3-2 to Malawi before going down 2-1 to Ethiopia in their opening two matches. Players almost failed to play against Uganda over unpaid allowances, but Hatimy has denied this was the reason for their threat.
"He (Mulee) incited the players and we have the evidence. He failed and was trying to divert attention," said Hatimy, who showed us a recording of the teams meeting at which Mulee is heard telling the players not to take to the pitch until their allowances are paid in full.
In the recording apparently taken by one of the technical bench members, Mulee is heard telling the players "enough is enough" and they must demand their allowances or else they may never the paid.
Hatimy said FKL may take disciplinary action against the former coach for alleged sabotage, but was quick to add that it is upto the companys technical committee to make such a recommendation.
"I want to advice the former coach to stop talking about administrative matters and say why he failed on the pitch,"
"It is not true that we owe them allowances from 2007 as he alleges. This was cleared. What is pending are amounts that had not been agreed upon between us and members of the team," he said.
as he tabled payment schedules signed by the former coach and players who featured in the 2007 Senior Challenge Cup.
The FKL boss rubbished reports by his vice chairman Titus Kasuve that the top leadership had frustrated Mulee.
"It is not my work as the chairman to deal with the technical bench directly. We have various committees which he is supposed to report to," "The culture of the executive getting involved in every affair of the federation should not be encouraged and we are trying to get away from that," he said.
He accused Kasuve of meddling in the affairs of the secretariat and this he said has made them unable to carry out their mandate effectively. "The executive must stay away from the secretariat to do their job properly," he said.