Kenyan football fraternity in mourning as Sofapaka midfielder passes on

Football
By Game Yetu | Feb 04, 2017
[PHOTO: COURTESY]

Former Nairobi City stars player and Sofapaka's new signing Manasseh Orao has passed on.

Manasseh Orao who joined Sofapaka in January passed on this morning after a short illness.

 Sofapaka head coach John Baraza confirmed the sad news through his social media page. 

“Sad day for our club sofapaka, we have lost one of our players. His name Manasseh Orao, he passed on early morning today. We got information of his death from his father Mzee Orao,”-John Baraza, Sofapaka head coach.

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