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Scrabble: Oyende, Gitonga lead Kenya’s dominance in East Africa

Stima club's Muema Mumbi (left) and Tobius Outi in action during Kisumu National scrabble championship on February 9th 2019. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

Scrabble is on the path of being a top sport in Kenya if the recent local and international performances are anything to go by.

Though still not popular among the locals, the word board game where two to four players score points by placing tiles bearing a single letter onto a board divided into a 15 by 15 square cells, has witnessed one of its best season in 2019.

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