{"id":12337,"date":"2020-08-05T17:47:52","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T17:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=12337"},"modified":"2020-08-05T17:59:41","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T17:59:41","slug":"harambee-starlets-striker-katungwa-off-to-sweden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/harambee-starlets-striker-katungwa-off-to-sweden","title":{"rendered":"Harambee Starlets striker Katungwa off to Sweden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Author: Ernest Ndunda<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Harambee Starlets striker Elizabeth Kioko Katungwa left the country yesterday for professional stint in Sweden.<\/p>\n<p>Katungwa who won the 2018 Personality of the Year Awards (Sofa) girls most outstanding player award in the schools category has been signed by a top Swedish women football giants Dalheim FC.<\/p>\n<p>Dalheim is under the tutelage of former Harambee Stars captain Robert Mambo.<\/p>\n<p>The Kwale Starlets player left for Stockholm Sweden via Doha-Qatar aboard Qatar Airways after securing a lucrative deal with the Swedish club.<\/p>\n<p>Katungwa joins another Kenyan Mary Kinuthia who has been with the Swedish side for the past two years.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming the departure, Kwale Starlets head coach Mukasa Amboko said the 21-year-old Katungwa who has been instrumental to the Kwale based team was to join Dalheim in May but the traveling plans were put on hold when flights were cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been conducting individual training to Katungwa online after the government banned sports activities as a measure to curb Covid-19 pandemic,\u201d said Amboko.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSweden league resumed in June and I wanted Katungwa to be in form before joining her new club and that was why I had to engage her to strenuous online training for her to remain physically fit,\u201d said the Amboko.<\/p>\n<p>Katungwa had secured her visa in May before the ban on Kenyans travelling to Schengen countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Ernest Ndunda AfricaPress-Kenya: Harambee Starlets striker Elizabeth Kioko Katungwa left the country yesterday for professional stint in Sweden. 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