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Wanyama joins protests against police brutality in Kenya and US

Wanyama among many celebrities using their platforms to speak out about racial injustice and police brutality

Harambee Stars captain Victor Wanyama on Wednesday evening took to Instagram to voice his pain, frustration, and outrage over police brutality in Kenya and racial discrimination in the US.

Wanyama's Instagram post comes in the wake of the death of a homeless man, who was allegedly shot by police, for violating a dusk-to-dawn curfew in Bondeni, Mathare and also the global protests over the killing of George Floyd- a black man who died after his neck was knelt on by a white police officer in Minneapolis last week.

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