After an impressive start to the African Nations Championship that saw them edge Group “D” favourites Egypt on Wednesday night, Kenya were a pale shadow of the side that downed the Pharaohs.

On Thursday, Wafalme Stars suffered their first loss in the competition at the hands of leaders Morocco who ran out 3-1 (25-19, 21-25, 17-25, 21-25) winners to book a slot in the quarter-finals.

The result leaves the group more open than it was before match day two with Kenya and Egypt set to battle for the second place. Egypt – who beat Tanzania in straight sets earlier at the same venue – have four points and need a win of any kind against Morocco to comfortably proceed.

Kenya, on the other hand, must pick three points from Tanzania to reach the quarter-finals.

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