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Why AFC must sing a new song as they seek to restore lost glory

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AFC Leopards SC fans cheer their team against Ramassa FC from Spain during their Friendly match to mark the AFC Leopards 60th-anniversary celebrations at Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi on March 24, 2024. [Stafford Ondego, Standard

Though AFC Leopards SC have been starved of Kenyan Premier League title for 26 years, the club still remains one of the bedrock of Kenyan football.

Most of the fans who turned up for their grand 60th-anniversary celebrations at Nyayo Stadium on Sunday literally don't know what winning a Premier League title feels like as they had not been born when Tanzanian gaffer Sunday Kayuni guided Ingwe to their last league title in 1998.

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