Veteran Mombasa based footballer Ali Kajo is dead.

Kajo who played for Feisal FC and Harambee Stars died on Monday morning while receiving treatment at a local hospital in Mombasa.

The late Kajo was part of the Feisal FC squad which is the only team from the Coast to have ever won the Kenya Premier League title in 1965. He is also  remembered for scoring the last goal for pre-independence Kenya and netting the first goal for the national team post-independence. 

In September, stakeholders came together to raise funds to help the retired footballer repair his dilapidated house.

Kajo is expected to be laid to rest on Monday evening at the Tangana Muslim Cemetery in Ganjoni.