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Allan Shearer visits Kenya
02-07-2010
       
 
Allan Shearer, one of England’s most famous football captains is in the Kenyan town of Kisumu to do some charity work. He arrived there on Friday and all the charity work will be filmed for a documentary by the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation).
 
The visit by the legendary player, also widely identified by Newcastle United, the team of his birth place in the North East of England, is intended to be a close guarded secret.
 
He arrived in Nairobi on Thursday before flying into Kisumu the following day and there was no news regarding his visit until rumours about his working itinerary started circulating in Kisumu.
 
Those at first seen as responsible for Shearer’s -- Omega Foundation – are a non-governmental organization (NGO) based in Kisumu to fight HIV/Aids and operate child support programmes.
 
Shearer will tour Ahero, north east of Kisumu, to conduct football clinics at DC Primary School on Saturday morning. He will be accompanied by a British Broadcasting Corporation crew who will be shooting he documentary on his visit.
 
Shearer, now 39, was a uniquely focused player, goals corer and team leader who was a long time an ever present icon for England, Southampton, Blackburn Rovers and finally Newcastle United.
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