He has promised to deliver and help the
mission to take the club places, especially at the international level.
Mkwasa also assured the club fans and members that he will never
interfere with the technical bench currently under Head Coach, Zambian
George Lwandamina.
“I know some quarters will think that
I’m coming back as a coach through the back door, in the sense that I
will have direct control with the technical bench. “The club
administrators should always desist from interfering with the technical
bench.
I always believe in this theory and
under my leadership, such a thing will never happen,” he said. Mkwasa
becomes the sixth general secretary of the Jangwani Street club under
the leadership of Yusuf Manji, who came to power almost five years ago.
He called for support from club members,
fans and fellow leaders, saying they should all aim at ensuring the
club register positive development both on and off the pitch. Speaking
to the press yesterday, Yanga’s Vice-Chairman Clement Sanga said the
decision had been arrived at by the club’s executive committee meeting
held in Dar es Salaam recently.
Sanga said Mkwasa who was relieved off
national team duty a month ago, will assume his new role at the club
today. He said that they have appointed Mkwasa to strengthen the club’s
leadership, adding that Baraka Deusdedit, who was Acting General
Secretary, will assume his previous role at the club - Director of
Finance.
“Many will wonder why Mkwasa is
appointed to take administrative role at the club, while he is well
known as a professional coach ... I assure them that he (Mkwasa) has the
capacity and experience to deliver as an administrator,” Sanga said.
For the past five years, at least seven
secretary generals have served the club including the current General
Secretary of the Tanzania Football Federation (TFF), Celestine Mwesigwa,
who left the club in 2012.
Mwesigwa was replaced by former club’s
right fullback Lawrence Mwalusako, who took over in September 2012,
serving the club for at least one year. In December 2013, Benno Njovu
joined the club as new SG before he left in November 2014.
He was replaced by Dr Jonas Tiboroha,
who served until January 2016 before he stepped down. His place was
taken over by Baraka Deusdedit on acting role, until Mkwasa was
appointed yesterday. Mkwasa took charge of Taifa Stars’ technical bench
in mid 2015, replacing Dutch tactician, Mart Nooij.
However, Mkwasa parted ways with Taifa
Stars unceremoniously. His contract as the Taifa Stars coach was to
expire in March, this year, but last month, TFF relieved him from his
duties, appointing Mtibwa Sugar Coach, Salum Mayanga as Taifa Stars
Caretaker Coach.
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