Why Kenyan football is a rose growing from concrete

Kenya beat Ethiopia 3-0 in their Africa Cup of Nations Cup Group F qualifier on Sunday to move closer to a place in next year’s finals in Cameroon. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

The country is preparing to take her place in the AFCON 2019 high table despite controversy.

Famed American rap megastar, the late Tupac Amaru Shakur (born Lesane Parish Crooks) once described himself as the rose that grew from concrete having risen from crime-infested rough streets of Las Vegas to global acclaim.