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'You have overstayed your welcome,' Murkomen warns fans mocking national flag

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Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen. [File, Standard]

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has warned that desecrating Kenya's national symbols is a criminal offence, following viral footage of football fans stomping on the national flag.

Murkomen said the National Flag, Emblems and Names Act prohibits misuse of the flag, emblems, names, words and likenesses tied to national identity.

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