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Tanzania officials remove ‘Victor Wanyama Street’ sign-post

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Kenyan international Victor Wanyama who plays for Tottenham Hotspurs football club in the English Premier League, while on a visit to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania over the weekend, was honoured by having a street named after him.

This was to recognize him as neighbouring Kenya’s most high-profile sportsman, with the Tanzanian city adopting him as the face of sport due to his presence in East Africa.

However, this good gesture has short-lived after Dar es Salaam’s Ubungo Council removed the sign-post, insisting official procedures required to rename a street had not been followed. The street has now been stripped of the new name and returns to being called Ubungo Road.

The midfielder had been on holiday in Tanzania, and the commercial port city of Dar es Salaam decided to reward the 26-year-old with ā€˜his own streetā€™ after winning the Kenyan sports personality award.

Tottenham signed the Kenyan from Southampton last July for 11m euros on a five-year deal. He also played for Celtic in Scotland from 2011-2013.

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