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Tribalism finds a spot as Kenya mourns Mike Okombe

Kenyans on Sunday November 5 woke up to the news that top Kenyan rugby player Mike Okombe was dead. The star was allegedly stabbed by his lover following an argument on Saturday night and died on arrival to hospital.

Okombe and his girlfriend Maryanne Mumbi Macharia were in Nakuru where a friend had invited them to celebrate his child’s birthday. No one knows what exactly they argued about.

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