Dar es Salaam, April 29 -- DAR ES SALAAM: Simba SC have parted ways with Head Coach, Abdelhak Benchikha after six months of service and appointed Juma Mgunda to replace him on an interim basis.

According to a press statement issued late on Sunday, Benchikha leaves Simba SC on mutual consent to deal with family issues and would leave with his two assistants Farid Zemit and Kamal Boujnane. The Algerian tactician had told Simba SC leadership that his wife was sick and he needed to be closer and attend to her, the statement said.

“Considering the importance of the matter, the leadership approved the request of Abdelhak Benchikha,” the statement reads in part. Mgunda, the technical director of the club, would lead the techni...