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ALLEGATIONS OF TRIBALISM IN HARAMBEE-STARS TEAM SELECTION

I have heard these allegations for so long but I have sort of just brushed them aside as not deserving of any attention. I always thought, people are always gonna talk, whether we do good or bad. But my experiences with the Four Nations Tournament woke me up a little bit. Maybe there really is unfairness in team selection in Kenyan football after all. Looking at the Harambee stars squad - both senior and juniors- that represented Kenya at the four nations Tournament in Malawi, I couldn't deny that there was an over-representation of Luos and Luhyas. As a matter of fact, I don't remember reading even a single Kamba, Kikuyu or Kalenjin name on the team sheet despite the fact that those three tribes combined make up at least 60% of Kenya's population. During the Harambee stars games that were streamed live by KBC on youtube, the comment's section was flooded by allegations of favoritism, tribalism and biased selection by irate Kenyans who felt that players from their tribe