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Moraa has been vocal about losing her parents, Tom Basweti and Margaret Otwori when she was only two years old.
Being an orphan has to be perhaps one of the most difficult things a person has to live with for the rest of their lives since the pain of losing a parent can never really be explained.
Dancing Queen Mary Moraa has been vocal about losing her parents, Tom Basweti and Margaret Otwori when she was only two years old.
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She has also spoken about how she wished her parents were alive to see how successful their daughter has become and even enjoy the fruits of their labor.
21 years on, Moraa still feels the pain of the loss and she took to her Facebook page to share what it feels like not to even have her late mother’s photos.
She said: “Naomba mwenye ako na picha ya mum anipee aki…21 years.” The post meant that she was requesting anyone who has her mother’s photo to send it to her and disclosed that it has been 21 years since she lost her.
The Commonwealth Games champion has been through it all, working on people’s farms to raise money in order to afford her school uniform among other basic needs.
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Moraa has risen from the trenches, from running to school when in primary to overcoming the hardships to become one of the greatest 800m runners.
During an interview with NTV Sport, Moraa recalled that people always tell her she got her running prowess from her mother, who was also a sprinter.
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“I used to run from home to school and back, and I won all the short-distance races at school. I am told I just run like my late mum, who was a sprinter but there isn’t much about her running that is documented,” she said.
Her late mother is definitely proud of Moraa since she is a world bronze medallist, Commonwealth Champion, and a Diamond League Final Trophy winner. This season, she has also proven to be on fire, going to the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary unbeaten.
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