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Sisters called to Malkia strikers could play together again after 5 years

Some of the players named in the women's national volleyball team provisional squad for the Nations Challenger Cup and Africa Cup of Nations pose for a photo with Kenya Volleyball Federation  officials and coach Paul Bitok (standing third right) at Riadha House on May 31, 2023.


Photo credit: Sila Kiplagat | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Nekesa will be jostling for two slot up for grabs in the setting department with in-form Esther Mutinda, Rose Magoi and Veronica Kilabat.

Sisters Emmaculate Nekesa and Delphine Misoki last played together during the National Secondary School Games in Eldoret in 2018.

They will get a chance to play alongside each other again five years later after they were named in the Malkia Strikers provisional squad of 20 players for the forthcoming Nations Challenger Cup and the Africa Cup of Nations.