SERBIA HERE WE COME
Kenya’s team of eight boxers and four officials jet out for Serbia.
Excitement and a joyous sense of pride was written all over the faces of Kenya’s team of eight female boxers and four officials as they jetted out for Serbia via Dubai on Thursday night, March 6th. The team will represent the country during the Women’s World Boxing Championships.
The Boxing Federation of Kenya (BFK) President, Anthony Otieno Ombok aka Jamal treated the team to a savoury dinner at his Chel-C Hotel in Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi.
Smiling boxers let loose their combinations on innocent coconut fish, chicken and ugali knowing that this popular Kenyan delicacy is rare in Serbia.
“Go there and do us proud, I know you can make it,” Jamal told the team as he escorted them to board one of his PSV vehicles to transport them to the airport.
This is the fifth time Kenya is taking part in The Women’s World Boxing Championships. They first participated in the 2010 games in Bridgetown, Barbados, 2012 in Qinhuangdao, China, 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey and 2023 in New Delhi, India
Warhorse Liz Andiego retains her position as captain, and is the only one in the team to have taken part in all editions, twice featuring in the quarter-finals in 2022 and 2023.
The boxers who left for Nis, Serbia, are: light-flyweight Veronica Mbithe, flyweight Lencer Akinyi, bantamweight Amina Martha, featherweight Pauline Chege, lightweight Emily Juma, light-welterweight Cynthia Mwai, welterweight Friza Anyango and light-heavyweight Liz Andiego.
BFK’s 1st Vice-President and Secretary-General of Laikipia Country, Lydia Kinyua, is the team manager while Musa Benjamin is the head coach with David Munuhe the deputy head coach and trainer John Waweru.
Photos by Duncun Kuria.
