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Jamal Mohammed: The last playmaker Kenya ever had

Former Harambee Stars player Jamal Mohammed [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Playmakers are great dribblers, and they come in drips.

Many countries will have only one such player in a generation. In Kenya, we can say Wilberforce Mulamba was our playmaker in the 1980s. As Mulamba faded, we got several dribblers but none rose to the highest level.

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