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AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Football Kenya Federation\u00a0confirmed that Kenya\u2019s second-tier football league will officially start\u00a0this weekend in various stadiums across the country.<\/p>\n

The government through the Ministry of Sports last month only cleared the top-tier leagues to resume without fans but the federation said yesterday the NSL matches will kick-off.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe matches are on. We have been planning for this for a long time and after close consideration and deliberation with stakeholders we saw it fit to kick off the league,\u201d said the federation.<\/p>\n

In the fixtures, Mwatate United will play coast Stima, Nairobi Stima entertain newbies Soy united as former KPL champions Sony Sugar travel to play Silibwet.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, former Kenyan Premier League side Shabana will travel to play Chemelil Sugar in the first fixture of the season in Kisumu as Modern Coast Rangers play Talanta.<\/p>\n

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Fixtures<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mwatate United v Coast Stima (Wundanyi Stadium), Nairobi Stima v Soy United (Camp Toyoyo), Silibwet v Sony Sugar (Silibwet Grounds).<\/p>\n

Sunday<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chemelil Sugar v Shabana (Chemelil Complex), Kibera Black Stars v\u00a0 Muranga Seal (Ruaraka Grounds), Modern Coast Rangers v FC Talanta (Serani Grounds), Vihiga Bullets v APS Bomet (Bukhungu Stadium), Migori Youth v Ushuru (Migori Stadium), Mt\u00a0 Kenya United v Fortune Sacco (Camp Toyoyo), Kenya Police v Kisumu AllStars (Karuturi).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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