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Okot to depart for basketball scholarship in Kentucky, US

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KPA's Medina Okot (left) and Salma Akinyi of Equity in a league match. [Jonah Onyango, Standard

National 3x3 women basketball forward Medina Okot said she is enjoying her current form ahead of her departure to study and play in the USA.

Okot, who is in Birmingham, UK with the national team for the Commonwealth Games, landed a basketball scholarship after she impressed American scouts during the Tusk under-17 basketball trials at Nairobi's YMCA early this year.

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