SAD! You Won't Believe What Has Happened To Conjestina Achieng' (PHOTOS)

Piece by: Caren Nyota
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Once a champion; now living in poverty. Who is going to save Conjestina Achieng? The former boxer has sunk into oblivion. Nowadays she is rarely in the spotlight; after making her country proud at one point in history. After several years in the boxing industry, the unsung hero developed a mental illness and could no longer continue with her boxing career and was taken to Mathari Mental Hospital and later discharged.

Conjestina then retired to the village but since then, the heroine has been reduced to a beggar, drinking cheap liquor all day to try and forget the days when she was once a huge celebrity. Conjestina is currently in Siaya, her home county.

The former queen of boxing is languishing in abject poverty. Neither the government, nor the Boxing Federation that was once so proud of her; has stepped in to afford her proper medical care.  Here are  photos of Conjestina in Siaya County.

Conjestina became the first African woman to hold an international title when she beat Ugandan Fiona Tugume to take the vacant WIBF middleweight title. Who is going to save Conjestina?