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Why disability is not inability for handball referee Clara Chepkoech

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29 year old Clara Chepkoech a handball referee in action during the National Secondary school games at Nakuru High School on September 9,2022.[Kipsang Joseph,Standard]

They say winners never quit and quitters never win. The saying sounds like it was coined from 29-year-old Clara Chepkoech Siele's life as a handball referee, a dream she gracefully lives on despite losing an arm in an accident.

While growing up as an ardent handball player both in the better part of high school, Chepkoech grew up dreaming of taking up the game as part of her career.

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