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CNN Turns The Lense On Kenyans And Horses

 

CNN Turns The Lense On Kenyans And Horses
CNN Turns The Lense On Kenyans And Horses

As a great sporting nation, Kenya is now a sports safari destination where one can enjoy golfing, diving, high-altitude training camps and much, much more. With this growing popularity, the sporting sector is expected to increase its earnings two-fold to Sh12 billion by 2017.

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This week, CNN Internationalโ€™s โ€˜Inside Africaโ€™ profiles one of Kenyaโ€™s growing sports – horse racing โ€“ which is supporting the livelihood of about three-thousand people in the country.

โ€œHorse racing is no longer just a past time for the elite. And though there are very few Kenyans who own horses, the time is changing because there are more Kenyans enjoying racing now,โ€ says Joe Muya, one of Kenyaโ€™s horse racing enthusiast featured on this weekโ€™s show.

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Joeโ€™s son Henry Muya, who has been racing his whole life, attended a horse racing school in Britain and now hopes to be part of a new generation expanding the industry in Kenya.

โ€œThere are more horse owners and trainers coming in to help grow the industry. However, there are bits and bobs to be filled but we don’t mindโ€ฆ we hope things will improve,โ€ said Muya.

Inside Africa caught up with a trainer, Patsy Sercombe and her daughter- veterinarian, Lesley Sercombe at the Ngong Racecourse, the only horse racing track in Kenya and the only one in East Africa according to the Jockey Club of Kenya.

CNNโ€™s โ€˜Inside Africaโ€™ also gives viewers a snippet of the Kenya Derby that is held annually at the Ngong Racecourse.

Watch โ€˜Inside Africaโ€™, CNN International this Friday, 2nd May at 19:30

The show will be aired again at the following times:

Saturday 3rd May 1330 and 2030

Sunday 4th May: 0830

Monday 5th May: 0330

Tuesday 6th May: 1030

Thursday 8th May: 0730

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CNN Turns The Lense On Kenyans And Horses

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