{"id":276,"date":"2012-04-29T22:05:01","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T02:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/?p=276"},"modified":"2012-04-29T22:19:38","modified_gmt":"2012-04-30T02:19:38","slug":"kenya-rugby-captain-aberdeen-shikhoyi-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/rugby-news\/kenya-rugby-captain-aberdeen-shikhoyi-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya rugby captain Aberdeen Shikhoyi passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kenyapage.net\/rugby\/images\/shikhoyi-cup.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"359\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sad news engulfed the Kenya Rugby fraternity on Saturday night following the news that inspirational captain, Aberdeen Shikhoyi had passed away. She succumbed to a spinal injury picked up 1 week ago in the opening leg of the Elgon cup played in Kampala.<\/p>\n<p>The injury happened when Shikhoyi was kneed in the back. Witnesses say it was worsened when she was stepped on in the neck. Following the injury, she was airlifted from Kampala to Nairobi where she was undergoing treatment at the Nairobi hospital. 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