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The man behind Kemboi’s dance song

Philip Yegon, band leader of Moto Moto Band [Photo:Standard]

By Charles Ngeno

When Ezekiel Kemboi was the first to cross the finish line of the 3000 metres steeplechase race during the 2011 IAAF Daegu World championship, he broke into dance. During the London Olympics held in August this year, after winning the same race, he danced again to the same song, christened ‘Emily Chepchumba’.

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