Tanzanian Victor Joseph took the lead with one shot at the Kenya Amateur Strokeplay Championships on par 72 Thika Greens Golf Resort.
Joseph posted one under par 71 in the morning’s second round, fired a similar score in the afternoon, to bring his aggregate to one under par 215, a shot better than defending champion Samuel Njoroge who played level par 72 and two over par 74 in the afternoon for 216.
Njoroge, from Kenya Railway Golf Club, birdied the fourth and eighth against bogeys on the third, sixth and seventh and a late bogey at the back nine’s 16th to surrender his two rounds leadership to the Tanzanian.
Uganda’s Emmanuel Jakisa moved to the third place from seventh, after firing two under par 70 for a total of 217. Jakisa from Toro Golf Club in Uganda, played a clean front nine which included a birdie at the eighth. He then added more birdies at the back nine’s 10th, 12th and 18th with two bogeys and at the 12th and 17th denying him a low score and the lead.
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