By Phillip Hillary

Lillian Adera Odaa is a member of the team that will be representing the country in the under-20 world cup qualifiers in Zambia. The fourth form student at St. Ignatius Secondary school who is a sixth born in a family of eight says that serving the country is her main inspiration. Kenyanstar’s Phillip Hillary caught up with her and filed the following report.

The fact that she comes from a poor background has not deterred her from her dream of exploiting her football skills to a livelihood.  “My father is a security officer at one of the local schools, the salary that he gets is too little to sustain our family, leave alone paying school fees. It is because of this that my siblings have dropped out of school.” Adera says.

By Francis Ontomwa,

He was one of the sharpest strikers in this year’s Maseno Opens 19th edition staged at Maseno School last weekend notching two goals for his side. His most memorable goal is one that condemned hosts Maseno School in the finals to carry the coveted football crown. The story of 19 year old Nicholas Oduor carries sympathy and hope in equal measure.

By Stephanie Haan

KENYANSTAR SPENDS 15mins WITH NIKITA DAWDA
She's a 16 year old girl, in form five at Hillcrest School. Nikita is currently ranked 369 in the International Tennis Federation junior rankings as of early this year. For 8 years now, she has been training at the Jim Davis tennis Academy, where her talent in tennis has been nurtured to the level it is now at. Nikita's interest in tennis started in school at Kenton College Academy, which was later encouraged by JD.