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- ↑ Kenyafootball.com, February 4, 2009: FK splits Nationwide League in two Archived 2010-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Re-Union left out as FKF names Division One League clubs, James Waindi, The Standard, 09-01-2012
