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Patrick Odongo: This is for my fallen soldier; I miss you

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Shujaa winger Patrick Odongo during an interview with Standard Sports.[Jonah Onyango,Standard]

It's a common feature for most sports stars not to enjoy talking. Habitually, they prefer to articulate their communication with their feet, hands and all.

Prior to this interview with Daystar University's Falcons rugby player Patrick Odongo, yours truly was prepared for the questions to be answered almost in a monosyllabic way. That, within minutes of doing the introduction, we would be done faster before you'd finish saying mambo ni matatu, but no.

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