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Move it: The gaming lawyer

Sylvia Gathoni is now a pro gamer signed up  by Xit Woundz, an Esports firm in the US (Shutterstock)

When she received my call to plan for this interview, I expected a deep masculine voice as I tried to figure out this woman who fights inside screens, an activity largely associated with men.

Sylvia Gathoni’s voice was far from where my thoughts were. Her journey to gaming started way back when she was a little girl who would once in a while experiment with her brother’s old consoles.

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