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Transport Irene Koki Mutungi - first female on the African continent to become certified as a Captain of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. Elizabeth Marami - at 28, became first female marine pilot. Captain Joyce Beckwith - First woman Hot Air Balloon pilot. Medicine Florence Ng endo Mwangi - Kenya s first woman medical doctor. Dr Muthoni Gitata - First female dentist and oral surgeon Sports Liz Mills - First female head coach for the men s national basketball team. Orie Rogo Manduli - first black African woman in Kenya to compete in the world circuit Safari Rally in 1974. She also was the first woman to head the Kenya Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) council. ....
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Last updated 27 days ago | By Jonathan Komen Tecla Chemabwai Sang, the first Kenyan woman Olympian who won a Silver medal at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Sang is now an athletics coach and director of Chemabwai Education Centre in Uasin Gishu County. 04.03.2020. [PHOTO BY KEVIN TUNOI, THE STANDARD] Like Roger Bannister, the first man in history to run a mile in under four minutes in 1954, Kenyans, too, bask in a fair share of their athletics firsts. They defied the perception of their illiteracy, travelled miles away to foreign land searching for fame and fortune at the height of colonial days. Then they saw, conquered and went against all odds even while competing barefoot thanks to the former colonial master. ....
Last updated 3 months ago | By Jonathan Komen From left- Dr Sidding Ibrahim, Mutahi Kahiga, CS Sports Amina Mohamed, President AK Jackson Tuwei and CAS Hassan Noor Hassan during the Athletics Kenya 70th anniversary celebration held at Nyayo National Stadium on Tuesday, Dec 15, 2020. [Jonah Onyango, Standard] Athletics Kenya, often billed as the goose that lays Kenya’s golden egg, turned 70 years yesterday. The association, which has witnessed a steady growth since 1950, celebrated Kenya’s pioneer track and field athletes in its seven-decade anniversary inside Nyayo Stadium. Not bad for a federation that rose from a small outfit into a multi-billion industry that injects Sh5billion into Kenya’s economy annually. ....