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Ilavonga ready to impress as Harambee Starlets step up preps

Harambee Starlets defender Lorine Ilavonga during a training session at Nyayo National Stadium on April 20 2025. [Jonah Onyango، Standard]

The national football team, Harambee Starlets, is gearing up for the final phase of the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) qualifier against Gambia.

The Kenyans will clash with the Gambians in a two-legged third round, with the aggregate winner booking their ticket to the continental showpiece set for Morocco from March 17 to April 3, 2026.

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