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Football is a poor man’s game, period!

By ANIL BAKARI

Some people consider football a game for the poor and by the poor. They might be right. All indications are clear that most people who throng stadiums and blow vuvuzelas silly as they cheer Gor Mahia or AFC Leopards are the poor, some of whom after the matches, go home and sleep on hungry stomachs.

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