When Gor Mahia won the CECAFA cup in 1985, there were celebrations among Gor Mahia fans of a magnitude that had never been before then nor since then. In every village in Nyanza province people were celebrating, dancing and singing for the entire night. In Nairobi as well, in estates all over the city, Gor Mahia fans sung and danced. Not even the Africa cup win in 1987 engendered such celebrations.  When Gor Mahia arrived back at JKIA, there was an enormous crowd of fans waiting for them. Some grabbed branches from the trees and swept the road where the minibus carrying.
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