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Champion rider Mburu Njoba rebuilds his life after horrific crash

Champion rider Mburu Njoba rebuilds his life after horrific crash
Mburu Njoba is now a precision engineer in England. (Photo:Courtesy)

By Peter Njenga

Kenya: Most fans would have written off motorcycle racer Mburu Njoba after his near-fatal accident at the African championships in Lusaka, Zambia, left him in a coma for 12 days. Even his apprehensive family had feared for the worst  as they sat by his hospital bedside  on August 6, 2005. 

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