James K Munene

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@pepeta_ke Let's see if Mohammed Bajaber gets some playtime for Simba after being frozen out in the league all season

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@pepeta_ke @zaxoguda EastWest makes better kits for Kenya Police than @Harambee__Stars

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@Handrine256 @anj_116_ CJ's are a big hit here

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@pepeta_ke To be playing under the famous Robbie Savage 👏🏽

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@AgrippaDen57226 @IanECox @Mwarubainii That Portuguese connection will tether them

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@kisengemeshack1 Indeed,even the badge can wait.

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@TeyaKevin Givova ya Ambani seems to be rolled out for next season

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@PetrMsg @hkassim600 @MickyJnr__ As a Kenyan,I remember the senior Mubiru...lethal finisher.

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@TeyaKevin We'll end up being a new Haiti,which we ironically went peace keeping for.

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@TeyaKevin Cricket being on the schools menu is refreshing after we regressed badly in it

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@Alfayaz11 @ntsa_kenya Definitely with one front working headlamp and no functioning rear lights or reflectors at night

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@barasa_ochieng @ticha_addi69 @C_NyaKundiH *brake

[Amir D @starks_arq]

This picture means something to an entire generation of Dutch people.

I'm one of them.

My parents came to Holland as Moroccan immigrants.
I was born there.

Dutch passport.
Dutch better than my Arabic.
The first 18 years of my life, Holland fed me, schooled me, raised me.

The Moroccans helped rebuild Holland.
Holland gave them roads, schools, a future in return.

Fair trade.

But we never really integrated.

That's not on one side.
That's on everyone.

We learned to speak for our grandparents, because they never got to learn the language.
We brought our food.
We brought our culture. Mosques. Books and humor.

We had fun.
We hung out.
We went to each other's weddings and loved the mix of it.

And still.
We never really became one.

The politicians made sure to categorize us.
They needed us to be outsiders, while we were busy acting like insiders.

So a wall went up between neighbors.

Then yesterday a silly game with a ball put two teams on the same grass.
Two continents.
Two cultures.

Except they're not two teams.

They're teams stitched together by the same life.

The Dutch know the Moroccans. Intimately.
The Moroccans know the Dutch. Intimately.

The Moroccans in Morocco spend every summer selling to the Moroccans from Holland.

The Dutch spend every day next to Moroccans. In School. At The local butcher. The streets.

The Moroccan team is full of Moroccans carrying Dutch passports.

The Dutch team is full of their actual friends, neighbors, and colleagues.

Such a simple game.
Such a complicated story.

When I look at this image I don't see football.

I see high school.
I see pride.
I see distance.
I don't see compassion.
I see resentment.

And that's exactly how we lived in beautiful Holland.

Together. Happily.
And quietly, unconsciously, apart.

I left when I was 18.
I went back to Morocco.

I resented Holland.
For years it was me vs them.

Now I understand what I actually have.

I can read two cultures from the inside.

And I get to choose.
What I carry with me.
What I leave behind.

Because every culture has its gold.
And every culture has its rot.

The trick is knowing which is which.

Love. Be kind to each other.

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@WycliffeAburi @TeyaKevin Huko league committee ikiamua whatever ni hivyo,no court challenges

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@WycliffeAburi @TeyaKevin League was disrupted by Afcon,which Tz were part of in January

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@BoardLotSultan @KQihindas Yes,Takawira the Zimbabwean was at Barclays at the turn of the millennium

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@eurofootcom Interesting,given the big Moroccan Dutch diaspora

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@bankelele @IanECox @British_Airways Expected a less pricier rate back then

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@jazzman703 @Gideoomatic Thought it's an international ban valid whether for the World Cup, friendlies,qualifiers and the rest

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@morash254 @KibisuElvies @TeyaKevin It's not about the deaths,it's about deterring acts that can lead to the deaths