Kenya will participate in the Africa junior badminton championships to be held in Pretoria, South Africa, from July 24-30.

Fred Gituku, the Kenya Badminton Association assistant secretary, said, in a press release, that a squad of six boys and girls have been selected to start training for the event. National junior champions Chiraq Dasani and Anjali Gudka are in the squad.

The final tour party will be named later. As part of the training programme, KBA will hold the Puri tournaments at the Premier Club from June 19-20. "The performance of the players selected will be evaluated at this tournament and a final team named," Gituku said.

In another development, Robert Mbugua and Dasani have been nominated by the KBA to attend a training seminar organised by the International Badminton Federation in Malaysia.

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