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Kenyan boxers show promise at at Elite World championships

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Robert Okaka (in red) and Tunisian Youssef Rafrafi (in blue).[Ben Ahenda Standard]

The performance of the National Boxing Team at this year's Elite World Boxing Championships was above average, thanks to the Ndondi Mashinani Initiative.

The Hit Squad's show at the global championships in Dubai surpassed the performance in the past four decades as a result of the Initiative introduced in 2019.

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