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Here’s what inspired Kasarani Stadium’s design

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Moi International Sports Complex Kasarani [Courtesy]

Kenyans cheered as Harambee Stars walloped Ethiopia 3-0 in a second leg qualifier for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations at the Kasarani Stadium in Nairobi last week.

Now renamed the Safaricom Stadium Kasarani since 2014, this 60,000-seater multipurpose sports facility is iconic for many reasons: It hosted the 4th All Africa Games in 1987 with Harambee Stars reaching the finals in a tournament that included Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Tunisia, Malawi, Senegal, Madagascar and Egypt.

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