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FRIENDLY FIRE IN UG: Harambee Stars take on Uganda Cranes today

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By Rodgers Eshitemi | Aug 30, 2016

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Harambee Stars team before playing with Congo, From Left backrow- Musa Mohamed, Goalkeeper Boniface Oluoch, Michael Olunga, Brian Mandela, Gonzales Saidi and Victor Wanyama. Front- Eric Johana Omondi, Eric Ouma, Francis Kahata, Ayub Timbe and David Owino during AFCON match at Kasarani Stadium, Nairobi on Sunday, June 5, 2016. [PHOTO: JONAH ONYANGO/STANDARD]

National football team Harambee Stars will be hoping to continue with their winning ways when they take on local rivals Uganda Cranes in an international friendly match, at the Nelson Mandela National Stadium in Kampala today.

Both teams will be using the match as part of their preparations for next month’s 2017 AFCON qualifiers. Kenya will face Zambia away in a dead rubber encounter on September 4 as Uganda, who are on brink of qualifying, host Comoros Islands in a must win match the same day.

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