Champions League winner Mariga dumping football for politics

Football star McDonald Mariga. He will fly the Jubilee flag in the upcoming Kibra by-election. PHOTO | CHRIS OMOLLO | NATION MEDIA GROUP

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Mariga evidently started slowing down five years ago, and never fully recovered from a crucial ligament injury he sustained while playing for Parma in the Italy in 2012.

Son of football great, retired coach and administrator Noah Wanyama, and also brother to Harambee Stars captain Victor Wanyama, Mariga is considered among the best footballers of his generation

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