Salim Babu

Salim Babu

Personal information
Full name	Salim Babu
Date of birth	(1978-08-08) 8 August 1978 (age 46)
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Managerial career
Years	Team
2023-2024	Kenya Police (Head Coach)
2025-	Nairobi City Stars (Head Coach)

Salim Babu is the head coach at Kenyan Premier League side Nairobi City Stars.

Career

He previously served as head coach at Sony Sugar, Western Stima, Kisumu AllStars, Nzoia Sugar ^{[1] [2]} as Head Coach, and at Wazito F.C. as an assistant Coach.

He first joined Kenya Police as an assistant coach in Jul 2023 ^[3] before scaling upwards to the head coach role in Feb 2024. ^[4] He left Police later in November ^[5] and in January 2025 he landed at Nairobi City Stars to replace Nicholas Muyoti. ^[6]

Kenya junior teams

Babu currently handles three Kenyan age-grade teams: U17, ^[7] U18, ^[8] and U20 ^[9] boys teams. In reaching the CECAFA U20 championship finals in Tanzania in October 2024, Babu wrote history as he became the first coach to qualifier a Kenyan team for the continental AFCON tournament.

References

1. Nzoia Sugar Co. 22 Mar 2022 Nzoia Sugar signs new head coach
2. Nation, 31 Jan 2022 Salim Babu: I will save Nzoia Sugar from relegation
3. Citizen, 17 Jul 2023 Coach Babu lifts lid on why he quit Nzoia Sugar
4. The Star, 23 Feb 2024 Watch over your backs, Kenya Police coach Babu warns rivals
5. Nation, 28 Nov 2024 Kenya Police hunt for their eighth coach in three years
6. Mozzart Sport, 6 Feb 2025 Salim Babu on why he chose Nairobi City Stars amidst other offers
7. Mozzart Sport, 11 Nov 2024 Salim Babu to lead Kenya U17 team in Uganda
8. Michezo Afrika, 18 Nov 2023 FKF appoint Salim Babu to coach Kenya U-18
9. Pulse Sport, 11 Mar 2024 Salim Babu to lead Kenya U20 in Malawi invitational tournament