The Friday afternoon sun beat down in waves heavy enough to buckle the air, but Nicole Mensa Atieno was so absorbed in the game that she barely noticed the unforgiving heat.
Her eyes were fixed on the ball at Strathmore University basketball court when The Saturday Standard caught up with her, so intent that the scorching sun felt like nothing more than a distant glow.
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