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Hockey: Gilly Okumu to captain Kenya at Commonwealth Games

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Captain Gilly Okumu in Africa Cup of Nations Test match against Uganda at Sikh Union on Sunday, March 21, 2021. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

Strathmore University Scorpions striker Gilly Okumu will captain the national women’s hockey team at the Commonwealth Games scheduled for July 28 to August 8 in Birmingham, England.

Okumu who has been instrumental in Scorpions perfect start to the now paused Kenya Hockey Union (KHU) women’s Premier League will take over from Rhoda Kuira who failed to make the cut of 18-players.

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