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- ↑ "Kenya: Ex-Champ Sehmi Top Marksman On First Day" . The Standard . 6 December 2003 – via allAfrica.
- 1 2 Ayodi, Ayumba (18 February 2019). "Roopra downs champion Sehmi to lift KRRC Cup". Daily Nation .
- ↑ "Kenya shoots its way to historic win". The EastAfrican . 11 December 2015.
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