KOTs Urges Sports CS Amina to Rescue Ailing Ex-Heroine Conjestina Achieng`
Kenyans on Twitter on Tuesday 28th June urged sports cabinet secretary Amina Mohammed to come to the rescue of ailing former boxer Conjestina Achieng.
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According to netizens, Achieng was once a Kenyan Heroine who gained Kenya magnificent medals and made Kenya famous, and she should not be living in poverty and begging for food on the streets.
Achieng has been in and out of the hospital for some time now. She is now believed to be languishing in poverty at her home in gem Yala Siaya county.
I don't know what happened to Conjestina in the facility she was in previously but all efforts should be concentrated on taking her back there.
— Zachary Oguda (@zaxoguda) June 28, 2022
She doesn't need milk and bread. That queen needs psychiatric help. pic.twitter.com/hmCdgZuUk6
Conjestina is currently suffering from alleged paranoid Schizophrenia diagnosed in 2012.
Conjestina current state is SADDENING & DISHEARTENING. @AMB_A_Mohammed show the motherly heart in you and that of the Ministry of Sports. Our sports women & men shouldn't go this low in history of such icons & heroin of our beloved country.
— Marrirmoi Jnr. Arap Rutto. (@marirace) June 28, 2022
Cc. @SpokespersonGoK @moscakenya https://t.co/nnbYZuFQWo
It's So sad to see former champion Conjestina in this state. Begs the question, What is the importance of flying the Kenyan Flag? ???????????????????????????????? The Sports Ministry should have a department/committee of National sportsmen welfare or something like that. pic.twitter.com/HaagdD29AF
— Harry Githaiga (@Hk_githaiga) June 28, 2022
What you need to know About Conjestina Achieng`
Achieng was born in Umiru in the Slaya District of Kenya. She is the fifth born in a family of ten. Her father Clement Adalo is a retired medical officer and her mother is Gertrude Auma. Her elder brother, Joseph Kusimba is an ex-boxer who runs a boxing club in Mathare, Nairobi. She is a single mother.
Her passion for sports began at age 9 when she was a pupil at St. Jesus Primary School in Yala. “I loved ball games and also took part in short races,” she said.
She took to the ring in 2000 after graduating through the youth soccer ranks in Nairobi's Makongeni Estate, inspired by her elder brother who was a member of the national boxing team. "Being a boxer, he trained and nurtured me, taking me away from playing football to boxing. I trained in boxing for one month, before I was able to face my opponent in the amateur ranks. As an amateur, I once technically knocked out a Ugandan opponent, Sharon Akinyi.”
