By ANDREW MWANGUHYA More by this AuthorAs Cranes captain and defender, Kirunda's flair on the pitch earned comparison to German great Franz Beckenbauer. He scored goals with reckless abandon, his 32 league goals in 1978 season is a stuff of legends. Like the German, Kirunda was known for overlapping across the pitch from his defensive duties to teaching slacking forwards a lesson in finding the back of the net. EARLY FOOTBALL LOVEIn an interview with The Monitor in 2012, Kirunda told of a story where it all clicked. It was an Independence Cup match between Uganda and Ghana, and 16-year-old Kirunda was watching from the stands.

Source: Daily Nation May 30, 2020 01:41 UTC