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For Christine ‘Mamushka’ Ongare, it's never say die

Christine ‘Mamushka’ Ongare [Photo/Stafford Ondego/www.sportpicha.com]

It’s strange how fortunes turn around. At 12 years old, star boxer Christine ‘Mamushka’ Ongare got pregnant –threatening to curtail her career dream of becoming a footballer.

Being raised by a single mother and growing up in the sprawling Kariobangi slums in Nairobi, life was no doubt difficult. Her mother was crestfallen.

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