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Mogonga High is the country's spiritual home of sprinters

By Dennis Okeyo | Dec. 21, 2019
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Mercy Oketch during a training session at Gitacho primary school in Kisii on December 19,2019. [Dennis Okeyo, Standard]

For many years, Mogonga Secondary School in Kisii County has remained the production line for Kenya's top sprinters.

It has always been a star attraction in national secondary school games, boasting top stars in Maureen Thomas and world under-18 400m silver medalist Mary Moraa. 

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