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Kenyan Football Team Emerges from Slum to Rise to Top

Rael Ombuor

   NAIROBI - In the year 2000, a football team was founded in a slum of
   Nairobi plagued by crime. The football team would later be named
   Kariobangi Sharks, Kariobangi being the name of the informal settlement
   the team members hailed from.

   The team became a source of hope, an escape for talented youth with an
   interest in football, some who might otherwise be involved in criminal
   activities.In the last two decades, the team has risen to the top of
   Kenya's football league, nurturing talent and giving hope to a new
   generation of players.

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