Transmara, I want to explain you something, and this is for the last time.
Yes, I had a contract with Qatar Federation starting from 2004, that now I resigned. I was contacted by Qatar Federation when they discovered I was the coach of Stephen Cherono, that went to Qatar few days before World Champs 2003 in Paris. I never knew anything about his negotiation.
But I started to coach, without any money, some kenyan athlete asking me technical assistance in Italy, from 1993.
I never was paid by any manager.
When I started to work with Qatar, I had the opportunity to stay long time in Kenya, and I felt the need to give back to this Country something, for the gift I had for my athletic passion : to have the possibiliry to coach the best talents in the World.
I started to run a training camp in Iten, without the help of any managementm using my money. In two years (2005 and 2006) I spent from my pocket about 60,000 USD, giving a small salary to coaches helping me. One of these coach, Peter Mathu, was responsible of Kenyan Team during Olympic Games of Beijing and World Championships of Berlin. You can ask him my behavior, and the money I receive from Kenyan athletes.
Some name among the athletes that had with me their first opportunity ? Thomas Longosiwa, Silas Kipruto, Gilbert Kipchoge, Gladys Kipkemboi, Rita Jeptoo, Bisluke Kipkorir, Willy Komen, plus a lot other athletes less important for Kenya, but able running marathon under 2:10.
I always worked for increasing the image and the importance of Iten, probably you are from Kapsabet and don't like this fact.
I never said that all the medals of Kenya are because of mine.
However, the fact that I coached athletes wnning medals for Kenya (many of them started directly with me) is something true, and remains in my mind (that's the reason because I want to give back something to your Country, without any interest in money).
I understand that your vision about mzungus is not exactly the idea of a missionary, and that you Kenyan see managers and coaches going in your Country like people abusing of you for earning money.
I can answer that not all people are the same, have the same motivation and the same interest. But also that, in the same business, there are good managers and good coaches, and bad managers and bad coaches. Exactly how there are good athletes and bad athletes, and good ersons and bad persons.
You must be proud to be Kenyan, but have to use your pride in different way. You must be proud that Kenyan have all the qualities you wrote : determination, hard work, ability in suffering, aggressivity. But you can't be proud of the fact that there are still problems between tribes, and about the fact that there is corruption in different levels of the Country.
I'm proud to be Italian, but I must accept the idea that young generation is no more interested in any activity needing fatigue, and this is the reason because we can no more work for developibg athletics in my Country, if nothing change about our current education.
I can't be proud to have a Prime minister owner of the televisions and of many newspapers, able to plagiarize the most part of Italian with continue falsehoods, and involved in many trials for corruption and private behavior : however, I continue to be proud to be Italian.
So, how I recognize the talent and the virtues of your people, but also your current gaps, and I try to help people in filling in their gaps (I learnt a lot from Kenyans abou life and training, but also I teached), you must recognize the intervention of who at the moment has more knowledge, and this in any field.
If you want to grow, you must look to people with advanced knowledge in any field : this is for doctors, for engineerings, for administrators, and this is also for coaches and managers, and is valid in athletics also.
Now, athletes are professional, and it's not possible that a coach amateur can guide a professional athlete.