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Kenya Institute of Bankers Interbank Sports: Will regulators CBK think their way to a historic 21st draughts title?

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Defending Draught champions CBK team during the Kenya Institute of Bankers Interbank Sports 2022 at the Kenya School of Monetary Studies. October 23, 2022. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

Most Kenyans think draughts is a lazy man's game.

When they hear the name, what comes to mind are images of old drunkards seated under a tree somewhere in the village wasting 24 hours on a useless piece of board with 12 bottle tops on either side.

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