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The Union made the requisite arrangements to have the team training before the start of the official Olympic training programme. The cheque was presented to the player representatives Janet Okelo and Sheila Chajira of Kenya Lionesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: National Olympic Committee-Kenya (NOC-K) yesterday handed over a sponsorship cheque of Sh2.8 million\u00a0to Kenya Rugby Union (KRU) towards high performance training of the Kenya 7s men and women teams. 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