Coach Mulinge returns as Kenya names provisional beach volleyball squad

Kenya's beach volleyball team at JKIA, before departing for African Beach Volleyball games in Morocco. Photo Courtesy KVF
The Kenya Volleyball Federation (KVF) has named a provisional squad for the 2025 African Beach Volleyball Championship qualifiers, set to take place from June 23 to 30 in Tetouan and Martil, Morocco.
The tournament also serves as the pathway to
the FIVB 2025 Beach Volleyball World Championship.
Leading the Kenya’s
men beach volleyball team is experienced coach Sammy Mulinge, who makes a
comeback to the national fold.
Mulinge, a seasoned tactician who previously
guided Kenya’s women’s beach volleyball duo of Brackcides Agala and Gaudencia
Makokha to the Olympic Games, returns with renewed ambition.
His last major coaching role saw him steer
Rwanda Energy Group to a bronze medal finish at the Zone Five Clubs
Championship in Uganda.
Mulinge replaces
the pair of Ibrahim Oduor and Patrick Owino, who had overseen the team's
campaign during the Paris Olympic qualifiers.
The six-man provisional
squad comprises a blend of youth and experience drawn from various Kenyan
institutions. The players are; Jairus Kipkosgei, Elphas Makuto [Kenya Prisons],
Brian Melly [GSU], Donald Mchete [Prisons Mombasa],Wilson Cheruyot [Equity Bank],
and Joseph Muliro [Strathmore University].
The support
staff includes Simon Kibe as the physiotherapist and Robinson Okoth, the
Nairobi Prisons team manager, who will take charge in the same capacity
KVF Assistant Secretary General John Ogara
will serve as head of delegation.
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