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END OF AN ERA AS NEW TEAM SWEEPS IN: All eyes on Mwendwa as Nyamweya exits

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Former FKF chairman Sam Nyamweya follow proceedings during the general elections at the Kasarani sports Centre on 10th February, 2016.PHOTO/DENNIS OKEYO

It was one of the most difficult periods for Kenyan football. Yet it was the time that Kenyans had the biggest hope in their most popular sport.

Ordinary fans were as disillusioned as were corporates, who previously associated with football. The Sam Nyamweya administration came to office in October 2011 aboard massive public goodwill, coming as it did, following years of running the sport more inside the corridors of justice than inside offices and on the ground.

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