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National team seek third consecutive Deaflympics title

Deaf Men Basketball team players Wilson Kenda (left) and Elvis Odhiambo train at Kasarani Gymnasium on Tuesday ahead of the 1st Africa Deaf Championship to be held in Nairobi Kenya on September 11-25, 2021. Photo/ Courtesy Deafympics

National deaf men's basketball is determined to win its third consecutive African title and consequently qualify for next year's Deaflympics in Brazil.

The team which featured at the 2013 and 2017 Deaflympics in Bulgaria and Turkey has been training at Kasarani Indoor Gymnasium for the last two weeks.

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