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Why national team star Guchu’s rise to the top has not been smooth

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Caroline Guchu (L) of Telkom contest for ball with Phanice Ayieko of USIU-A during their Hockey Premier League match at City Park hockey stadium in Nairobi on June 08, 2019. Telkom won 2-1. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

Former Kerugoya Girls player has had to overcome many challenges including losing her mother while on national team duty

She was the first Kenyan captain to lift the East Africa Secondary Schools girls’ hockey title.

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