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Volleyball: Makuto shakes off injury, eyes Africa crown

Asha Makuto of Kenya Pipeline Cooperation Volleyball team during training at Pipeline Estate Grounds ahead of their final league matches at Ukunda in Mombasa this weekend, November 5th, 2014. Photo/Jonah Onyango.

Experienced national team attacker Asha Makuto is relishing her return to the Africa volleyball club championships this year with Kenya Pipeline in Cairo, Egypt, after a lengthy injury lay-off.

Makuto's career has been plagued with injuries (nagging knee problem), which she picked when Pipeline lost to rivals Kenya Prisons in the 2011 continental finals at Nazarene University in Nairobi. The injury healed but another one on the ankle, sustained during training prior to the 2013 national play-offs, has kept her out of competitions.

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