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How injury became blessing in disguise for Auka Gecheo

Former Supersport General Manager for East Africa Auka Gecheo during an interview with Standard on Tuesday, October 20 2020. [David Njaaga, Standard]

Sports leadership and management are not for the fainthearted. It not only requires courage to stand up, but also the ability to follow your convictions and go against the tide.

Nobody ever thought that Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (Cecafa) Executive Director John Auka Gecheo would one day be one of the best sports administrators in the country after his rugby career was cut short by a nasty injury in 2004.

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