KCB bank on budding Namutira to retain African title
KCB attacker Juliana Namutira (left) spikes the ball as Kenya Prisons' Yvonne Wavinya attempts to block the attack during their Kenya Volleyball Federation women's National League match at Nyayo National stadium on March 19, 2023.
Namutira, who crossed over to KCB from Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) this season, is expected to make her debut at the international stage during next week's African Clubs Championship scheduled for May 8 to 21 in Tunisia
The soft-spoken but hard-hitting Namutira is set to start alongside experienced Mercy Moim as the outside hitters, a clear indication of how the bankers hold the Soweto Academy Secondary School alumnus in high regard
KCB started residential training on Friday at the Leadership Centre in Karen and will leave for Tunisia on Tuesday morning
KCB women's volleyball team Technical Director Paul Bitok says promising outsider hitter Juliana 'Bulldozer' Namutira is the next Doris Wefwafwa.
The late Wefwafwa was a hard hitting and reliable national team player who competed at the 2000 Olympic Games in Australia and at two World championships in Greece and Tokyo in 1994 and 1998 respectively before she died in 2007.
