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Football: Kenyan teen Nekesa settling well in US women's league

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Marjorlen Nekesa

Kenya Under 20 national women’s team striker Marjorlen Nekesa is settling well at the Oklahoma University in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) Soccer League, in the US.

The 19-year-old joined the university a couple months ago after she scored a brace in the U-20 Women World Cup preliminary round qualifiers against Botswana where Kenya won 7-1.

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