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Pioneering female taekwondo Master Caroline Kihurani takes her final bow

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Master Caroline Wairimu Kihurani. [Courtesy]

Master Caroline Wairimu Kihurani, who passed on in Nairobi last week, has been celebrated for the role she played as one of the most eminent pioneering female martial artists in Kenya.

Wairimu made history as the first female to represent the country at the 1997 World Taekwondo Championships in Hong Kong besides being the only female executive member at the Kenya Taekwondo Federation (KTF).

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