Marion Serenge is on the cusp of history. She is in the Junior Starlets’ squad, a contingent of players in training poised to make history as the first Kenyan team to play at a FIFA World Cup. This is just 14 months after Marion was crowned the Safaricom Chapa Dimba Western Region Most Valuable Player […]
Had I not gone off to Kapsabet, I would still be a shopkeeper, which is not a bad thing. But I wouldn’t be a long-distance runner who has won major marathons like the Tokyo Marathon (2024), Chicago Marathon (2022), Boston Marathon (2021), and Toronto Marathon (2018), among others. Most people take a year off after […]
Growing up in Kisii, I developed a passion, no, a love for sports. As a child, I played all kinds of sports, from football, volleyball, high jump to running. I ran 100m, 200m, and 400m. I wanted to participate in everything. Anytime I found out there was a race, I would join in and compete […]
One day, when I was in class three, I woke up just like any other day, prepared and went to school. That would be the last day I walked out of my parent’s house, and for the next five years, I became a street boy. We lived in abject poverty, and my parents couldn’t afford […]
