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Edson Arantes do Nascimento famously known as Pele, who died on Thursday, December 29, was a football legend but that didn't stop the then Kenyan Football Federation chairman Kenneth Matiba from snubbing the soccer great when he visited the country.
In 1976, six years after leading Brazil to World Cup glory, Kenyans were given a rare treat when Pele visited the country.
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