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Kalonzo Musyoka should make Ukambani soccer great again

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Kalonzo Musyoka was among the leaders that graced the Kasarani Stadium when Harambee Stars took on Ethiopia [Courtesy]

Kenyans were surprised when they saw former Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka celebrating Harambee Stars win over Ethiopia at Kasarani Stadium last week.

Kalonzo has rarely been associated with any sport in his over 38 years in politics. But let us start with a time capsule back in 1980. At the time, German tactician Bernard Zgoll had just left Kenya after establishing the Olympic Youth Centres in Mombasa, Kisii, Nakuru, Kisumu and Nairobi. But Kenya was in limbo. The local football federation had no capacity to nurture what the German had incubated. We were busy trying out local coaches in vain when an unknown man with a strange name and bushy beard came calling: Marshall Mulwa.

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