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Kenyan clubs once again fail to break North African dominance

By Elizabeth Mburugu | Apr. 25, 2026
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KCB Bank setter Esther Mutinda (left) in action against Kenya Pipeline during their African Women's Volleyball Club Championship semi-final match in Cairo, Egypt. [KCB Bank Media]

The 2026 Women's African Volleyball Club Championship ended in an anticlimax as KCB Bank lost the final duel to their hosts, Al Ahly, to take silver.

This crushed the dreams of a hopeful nation that was yearning to see the continental gong return to Kenya and the East African region.

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