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Machakos Robotics winners plead for support to participate in Turkey contest

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Angela Kalondu, Winnie Wangari and Magdalene Mukonyo of Mbaikini Secondary School in Mwala sub-county, Machakos County, may miss out on the opportunity to represent Kenya in the International Robotic Olympiad in Turkey this November if they do not get funding to support their travel. [Courtesy]

Three girls from Mbaikini Secondary School in Mwala sub-county, Machakos County, may miss out on the opportunity to represent Kenya in the International Robotic Olympiad, which will be held in Turkey from November this year if they do not get funding to support their travel.

The event, in which the girls Angela Kalondu, Winnie Wangari and Magdalene Mukonyo were slated to be part, is set to be held between the 26th to 30th.

The three girls had participated in the National World Robotics Olympiad in Nairobi which brought together 25 schools from across the country.

The girls had coded their robot to rebuild a city that had been devastated by an earthquake.

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