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NAIROBI: On Monday November 16 at 7.30pm, tension was almost palpable at the Wilson Airport’s departure lounge. As the propellers of the chartered 50-seater Bombardier Dash 8 – an aircraft operated by Skyward Express Limited – turned furiously, a different kind of fury was brewing at the lounge.
A few home-based Harambee Stars players, who were busy tucking their hand luggage in overhead lockers, froze as word filtered in that their trusted general, Victor Wanyama, had declined to board the plane. Outside the departure lounge, Cabinet Secretary for Sports Hassan Wario had his hand extended to a motionless Harambee Stars captain, Wanyama.
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