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Robert Nyamongo: Civil engineer who built Kirigiti Shooting Range

Shooting as a sport in Kenya began in 1906, when the legion of frontiersmen, who were a company of the East Africa Volunteer Reserve, organized the first-ever competitive target shooting event in the country.

The practicability of shooting sports is that the competitors try to unite three principles of precision, power, and speed, by using a firearm of a certain minimum power factor to score as many points as possible during the shortest amount of time.

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