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KDF's Edwin Okong'o (rigght) and Police's John Kyalo in a past action. [File]

Kenya finally ended their 17-year title drought after national champion Edwin Okong'o clinched the middleweight gold medal at the African Games in Accra, Ghana on Friday night.

Okong'o defeated Elquarz Yassine of Morocco on a split points' decision of 3-1 to end the long struggle in style, a development that elated Boxing Federation of Kenya president Anthony 'Jamal' Ombok.

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