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Arsenal fans flock the streets of Nairobi on May 24, 2026 to celebrate their club winning the 2025/26 EPL title after 22 years of waiting.[Jonah Onyango, Standard]
I have supported Arsenal for two decades. Through the last glow of the Invincibles, the dry years, the Wenger exit, the Arteta rebuild, and the painful almost-there seasons. So, when Arsenal finally lifted the Premier League after 22 years, I celebrated. I watched the highlights and laughed at the memes. I understood the relief.
That is why the celebrations in Kenya caught my attention.
Thousands of Arsenal fans poured into the streets and churches, dressed in red and white, singing and dancing with the joy of people who had waited too long. I do not mock that joy because football gives people community, memory, and release. In a hard country, people need shared happiness. Still, the church celebrations unsettled me. Not because faith and football cannot exist together, but because the scene exposed how much we give to institutions that give us almost no control in return.
