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Resilience that peddled Zanzibar Heroes to regional stardom

Zanzibar team in a Group Photo during their CECAFA game against Uganda at Kisumu Stadium on 15-12-2017 [Photo: Phillip Orwa, Standard]

Kenya was 6 minutes away from bagging the seventh Cecafa Senior Challenge crown on Sunday December 17. With minutes counting down towards the 90th  and Kenya leading 1-0, the home fans could all but hope for the final whistle to draw near.

 Kenyan fans crossed their fingers as their silence died down thanks to attacks that Zanzibar launched on the Kenya’s defence at Machakos Stadium. One man would later come to the rescue of the visitors-Khamis Mussa.

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