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Nairobi: where football fans get high for free

‘Ras’ has been struggling to pay his bills since the first case of Covid -19 was reported here in December 2019. Also known in and around local football circles as “Mkono Moja” or “Chemist”, Ras is not your ordinary football fan. In fact, most people say that he has never bought a ticket to watch a football match even though he is always in the stadium.

But those who claim to know him well say Ras is not a football fan but a ‘businessman’ who operates on the peripheries of stadia. Ras, a short form for ‘Rasta’ acquired his “Mkono Moja” alias from clients, some who claim that they have never seen his left hand.

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