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SCHOOLS: Welcome to the murky world of age cheats at Kenya secondary school games

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Rugby action during national Term One games in Machakos. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

In recent years, the Kenya Secondary School games have faced an alarming rise in cases of age cheating, threatening the integrity of the country's primary feeder system for national sports teams.

The school games have historically been a crucial stepping stone for budding athletes.

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