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Junior Starlets captain Imbachi ready to excel in qualifiers

Halima Imbachi

Junior Starlets captain Halima Imbachi (centre) during a team training session at MPesa Foundation ground in Thika, Kiambu County on March 5, 2025 ahead of their World Cup qualifier against Uganda on Saturday. 

Photo credit: Pool | FKF
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By  Toto Arege

Correspondent

NMG Sport

What you need to know:

  • Surviving from last year's World Cup squad are goalkeepers Scovia Awuor and Velma Abwire, strikers Imbachi, Mitshel Waithera, Joy Angela Valencia, and Joan Ogola, defenders Lorine Ilavonga, Jenevive Mithel, and Ochaka, and midfielder Lindy Weey.

Junior Starlets captain Halima Imbachi is optimistic about Kenya's chances of returning to the Fifa Under-17 Women's World Cup.

Ahead of tomorrow's qualifier, second round first leg match against Uganda at Nakivubo Hamza Stadium in Kampala, Uganda from 4pm, Imbachi talked about the team's determination to qualify for this year's finals that will be held in Morocco in October.

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