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David Majak: Football was my ticket out of a refugee camp

David Majak (in blue)

When David Majak, 18, heard his team would be travelling to London for a week for a football training camp, he couldn’t quite believe it.

He was getting the news while at Bukhungu Stadium, Kakamega County, and it was so far removed from his wildest dreams. But the good news didn’t stop there; he’d also been scouted to play in the Kenya Premier League.

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