By Eric Odanga BBC Sport, Nairobi

Mulee led the Harambee Stars at the 2004 Cup of Nations

The ongoing confusion at the Kenya Football Federation (KFF) has taken a new twist after the outgoing executive office gave national coach Jacob Mulee and his technical bench new contracts on Friday.

According to KFF secretary general Hussein Swaleh, Jacob 'Ghost' Mulee, his two assistants Mickey Weche and Twahir Muhiddin as well as team manager David Ochieng and doctor Joseph Ndaba have been mandated to handle the national team.

Mulee's previous contract officially expired on 29 February.

This new development throws the already-muddled Kenyan football scene into disarray after Kenya's Minister for Sport Najib Balala is said to have dissolved the current KFF executive after its mandate ended on 24 March.

The government and the KFF are at loggerheads over allegations of financial impropriety and mismanagement and earlier this month, two Fifa officials travelled to Kenya to try to resolve the current impasse.

However, Malta's Joseph Mifsud and Egypt's Ismael Taha left without meeting Balala and have yet to make their recommendations.

We will have to prepare (for the World Cup qualifiers) as if nothing is happening Jacob 'Ghost' Mulee

Mulee, whose team shortly begins its preparations for the forthcoming 2006 World Cup and Nations Cup qualifiers, is concerned about a potential ban by Fifa following governmental interference in the KFF.

"This is the only worrying bit but we will have to prepare as if nothing is happening as we await the decision from Fifa," he said.

The Harambee Stars go into camp on 3 May in preparation for the World Cup qualifier against Guinea in Nairobi on 6 June.

The team will camp in Egypt for two weeks before returning to Nairobi, where a possible friendly against Rwanda is being lined up ahead of the Guinea clash.

When asked where the finances to prepare the team will come from, Hussein Swaleh said Fifa has agreed to provide the money for Harambee Stars' preparations.