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Omdurman is a place of historic battles – Mashemeji contested there in 1985 Cecafa Club championship

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By Gishinga Njoroge

Omdurman is a place of many historic battles. You could call the 1985 Cecafa Club Championship one such; when Kenya’s Gor Mahia and AFC Leopards reached the Final here for Dr William Obwaka, a young University of Nairobi student then, to strike twice for Gor AND hand Ingwe one of the most painful defeats by their bitter foes to date.

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