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Mind your language: When English ‘hits the rock’ for Kenyan footballers

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Coach Bobby Williamson thick Scottish drawl is quite challenging for Harambee
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English might have 'come by ship' for many local footballers who can hardly string together a logical sentence in one of our two official languages.

Poor mastery of the English give some players the creeps to the extent of avoiding TV appearances where most have been known to provide comic relief to viewers. The local league's broadcasting partners, SuperSport has several times switched to Kiswahili to make things easier for local footballers.

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