Support
A.F.C. Leopards has a large and diverse fanbase. The club is arguably the biggest and most popular football club in not only Kenya but also in Eastern Africa, with 9 million estimated supporters locally. These fans are composed into a number of Supporters' Branches spread all over the country. At present the club still retains higher average attendances than all other clubs in the Kenyan Premier League. Their first match upon return to the 2009 season of the Premier League had to be stopped because of insecurity occasioned by the collapsing of the perimeter fence due to an enormous crowd of its supporters in and outside the ground.
In March 2011, a group of the club's supporters established a democratically accountable supporters' trust; the Club of Leopards' Active and Wise Supporters' Trust (The C.L.A.W.S. Trust or simply Claws, going with the leopard image). It has a legal constitution with a wide range of objectives. Its objectives can be summarized as aiming to represent the interests of A.F.C. Leopards supporters to the club's management, the media, the local community including corporate partners and the football world, as well as encouraging football in the local community and strengthening the links between the local community and the club.
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