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Bakari gets the nod as national team gets ready for qualifiers

Boxer Shaffi Bakari during the team's training session at Moi International Sports Centre Kasarani in Nairobi on August 6, 2019. Kenya is preparing ahead of the All African Games to be held in Rabat, Morocco from August 16-31, 2019. Photo/Stafford Ondego/www.sportpicha.com

As the provisional squad of the National Boxing Team for the African Olympic qualifiers gets ready for non-residential training on Saturday, national flyweight champion Shaffi Bakari has been given a clean bill of health to feature in the championships.

The team will camp at Mathare Depot in Nairobi for five weeks before an official residential training camp possibly in Nanyuki thereafter.

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