Keisuke Honda.[Photo/wikipedia]Former AC Milan star Keisuke Honda is set to launch a free football education programme in Nairobi on January 27.

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The initiative is aimed to spot football talent in the country.

Under the project name ‘Africa Dream Soccer Tour’ and supported by Japanese automobile dealers Car- Tana.com, Honda’s organisation will target underprivileged children in Kenya.

A similar programme is running in Uganda and Rwanda.

“The emergence of Tottenham’s Victor (Wanyama) and Girona’s Olunga (Michael) shows there is talent in Kenya. Honda is keen to discover another Wanyama. We will begin by targeting children in the Kibera slum. At first, we will have partnership with Magoso School in Kibera and then spread out,” said  Honda Estilo Ltd’s Africa regional director, Motoki Futamura

For a start, Honda Estilo Ltd will second two Japanese professional coaches (Shuzo Sakamoto and Daichi Motomatsu) to provide free football education to 100 children every month.