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Kenya's Malkia Strikers captain Mercy Moim (centre) spikes the ball against Uganda during their openinig match of the 2017 CAVB Zone V World Championship Qualifiers at Kasarani Gymnasiun on Friday, July 28, 2017. [Photo: Jonah Onyango, Standard]

Kenya’s squad leaves this evening for the FIVB World Women Championships that run in Japan on September 27-October 20.

The 14-member team, which picked the ticket after finishing second in the African qualifiers behind Cameroon in Younde, depart Jomo Kenyatta International Airport at 6pm via Ethiopian Air to Addis Ababa then connect South Korea. They are set to arrive in Tokyo at 8:25pm tomorrow.

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