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Legends deserved more than trophies

SOYA AWARDS 2017 Former footballer Allan Thigo with his hall of fame award during the 14th Edition of the SOYA gala awards at KICC, Nairobi on Jan 17, 2018. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

Many thanks should go to retired athlete Paul Tergat for remembering boxing great Steve Muchoki and football legend Allan Thigo in the list of 2018 SOYA (Sports Personality of the Year Awards) Hall of Fame winners.

 It takes lots of courage to acknowledge that there are some Kenyans who deserve recognition for bringing glory to our beloved country. What I don’t know is the criteria used by the SOYA panelists to pick the two winners.

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