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Support grassroots football to grow talent

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Pele [Twitter]

The best way to celebrate soccer legend, Pele, is to make the development of football a priority in Kenya. Government must develop a comprehensive plan to put Kenya on the path to becoming a football powerhouse by 2030.

We must focus on grassroots football for our national teams to prosper. Kenya has a lot of talent that can be nurtured. Indeed, Kenya can realise her dreams of reaching the world cup finals if the nurturing of young talent is made a priority.

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