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Former Harambee Stars striker Dennis Oliech in a past match [Courtesy]
Call me a mganga if you wish, but at the end of 2017 and the beginning of this year, I predicted several things that would or would not happen in our football scene. My predictions have come to pass.
I told you that the Nyayo National Stadium, being a government project like many others before, was not going to be ready for African Nations Championship (Chan), and not even for our regular matches. I even called it a ‘snake park’ in reference to the tall grass in it. We are in December 2018 and you just have to pass there to see the eyesore that is our once popular football venue.
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