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Amateur and professional boxers take part in a boxing tournament in Watamu, Kilifi County. [Nehemiah Okwembah, Standard]
Youth in Malindi Sub-County, Kilifi County, are increasingly embracing boxing, with stakeholders calling on both the national and county governments to invest in infrastructure to nurture talent and make the sport a sustainable source of income for young people.
Stakeholders, including the Kenya Boxing Federation (KBF), have launched monthly boxing tournaments to popularise the sport in the region, attract more youth, and steer them away from drug abuse and criminal activities.
Samson Mzungu, a boxing coach in Watamu said that the tournaments have been received well by budding boxers from the area with KFB pledging to support upcoming boxers from the area.
