Speaking to Capital Sport on Tuesday morning, FKF boss, Sam Nyamweya, said they were yet to receive official communication from the continental body over its Disciplinary Committee’s decision to slap Amrouche with the lengthy ban that places his position at helm untenable.
“Once official communication comes, we will appeal the decision within the seven days allowed since Adel is a good coach and it would be harsh on him.
“However, an individual can’t hold the country at ransom and should the appeal fail, we will consider other options. The country must go on, our team must move forward,” the federation boss told.
On his part, Amrouche said he would make his position clear when he receives the same.
“For now, I have nothing to say. I will say everything when this becomes clear,” the coach stated.
Nyamweya added a decision on who would lead preparations for forthcoming return leg of their second round Afcon 2015 qualifier against Lesotho would be communicated once CAF’s correspondence is received.
“As a president of Football Kenya, I cannot comment until we receive the letter from CAF. We will give a way forward as soon as we get it.”
Amrouche was initially given a two-match ban that FKF appealed and the Disciplinary Committee sat on Thursday to review his case before CAF’s stunning announcement on Monday they had decided to give the Belgian national the lengthy sanction.
“Yes, these cases do happen. At first, a two-match ban is given before the Disciplinary Committee sits to look into each case and it may decide to give a longer punishment,” Nyamweya explained.
Kenya lost 1-0 in Maseru with assistant head coach, James Nandwa, at the dug-out and will at least play a similar role for the return leg in Nakuru as the appeal process on his boss continues.
Amrouche, who was hired in February last year, was accused of an altercation with the fourth official in their preliminary round 2015 Afcon qualifier return leg against Comoros Island where Kenya drew 1-1 to advance to the second stage 2-1 on aggregate.
It was the second time he has been cited for clashing with match officials after he was suspended for the 2014 World Cup qualifier home tie against Nigeria when he fell foul with the referee in their away match in Calabar that ended 1-1.
Without him, Stars went down 1-0 the team that made the last-16 of the World Cup in Brazil.
Stars have lost one game with Amrouche in the dugout, a 2-1 reverse to Botswana in a friendly in July last year as Kenya jumped from 108 to 95 in the latest FIFA World Rankings.
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