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Esse Akida: Harambee Starlets forward completes Thika Queens return

Harambee Starlets striker Esse Akida has joined Football Kenya Federation Women Premier League side Thika Queens after leaving Besiktas of Turkey.

Akida joined the Turkish top-side in 2020 but saw her progress at the club slowed by the emergence of the coronavirus before the competition was cancelled.

She returns to the FKFWPL club after leaving in 2018 and joined Ramat HaSharon of Israel before she was signed by Besiktas two years later.

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"It's official, Akida signs," Thika Queens announced on Friday.

Akida has been playing for the Harambee Starlets since 2012 and was part of the 2016 Africa Womens' Cup of Nations, where she found the back of the net against Ghana in a tournament that was held in Cameroon.