Adel Amrouche is officially the Kenya coach and plans to rebuild the Harambee Stars in to a force on the African continent.
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The former Equitorial Guinea and Burundi manager takes over from Frenchman Henry Michel, who was at the helm for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.
AFCON-winning Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi admonished African countries that appoint European coaches, and Amrouche agrees with his Super Eagles counterpart.
"I totally agree with Keshi's sentiments as we have so many foreign coaches who come to Africa to only make quick money but they don't have the passion for the teams they are coaching that is why you see different coaches trying only staying in their post for few months," he told SuperSport.
"The Kenyan job was vacant but you could see some foreign coaches who are already in different positions in neighbouring countries also applied for the job which is greed and hypocrisy as they have shown lack of commitment to the teams they coach.
"My short term plan is to create a conducive atmosphere in the team by ensuring communication between me, the players and the federation as I believe it's important to have a rapport with the players as I want on team, one philosophy, one spirit and one family.
"My long term plan is to effectively rebuild a new team with creativity, character, and new conception and to have a new crop of players who will be at the same level with the professional players .I want to use the experience of professional players and give it back to the local players to excel.
"I want to go round the country. I want to build a Kenyan team beyond ethnicity and to ensure that anybody that has got talent can be given a chance to prove themselves at the highest level as we want more and more Wanyama's ,Oliech's and Origi's in the team.
"I want to choose quality and I am not scared to take a player from a small team as long as he has the talent that can help the national team some of them will also be used in the youth teams."
Kenya face Nigeria in a 2014 World Cup qualification match in March and Amrouche says they will be prepared for the African champions.
The Harambee Stars have only one point while the Super Eagles leads Group F with four.
Namibia and Malawi follow the group leaders with three and two points respectively.
Amrouche added: "The game against Nigeria will be like any other match and I believe it's only a foolish coach that would instil fear to his players ahead of a crucial match.
"I respect Nigeria and I even sent Stephen Keshi a congratulatory message but as a coach my philosophy is always to win."
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