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Bodybuilding fans excited as action returns

Overall winner in female Figure category Caren Namenya Mulianga from Nairobi (second left) with her competatants during East Africa Bodybuilding competition at Rupaz Fans and Fitness Training Center Eldoret Uasin Gishu County on Saturday. October 8, 2022. [Peter Ochieng, Standard

After more than a decade of no major competition, bodybuilding is slowly making a return, with the inaugural event - a regional contest taking place in Eldoret at the weekend.

A number of bodybuilders competed last in the 2000s, and the Eldoret contest offered an opportunity to display their skills.

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