Joshua Ndere

Joshua Ndere Makonjio (27 July 1981^[1] – 18 November 2011) was a Kenyan amateur boxer.

Joshua Ndere

Personal information
Full name	Joshua Ndere Makonjio
Nationality	Kenyan
Born	(1981-07-27)27 July 1981
Died	18 November 2011(2011-11-18) (aged 30) Samburu, Kenya
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Medal record Men's boxing Representing  Kenya All-Africa Games 2007 Algiers Light heavyweight Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Light heavyweight 2010 Delhi Light heavyweight

Career

Ndere represented Kenya at African, Commonwealth and World Championship level. As a light heavyweight boxer he was a bronze medallist at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers and 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.^[2] He made the second round of the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships.

Due to his military commitments, he missed out on the 2008 Summer Olympics, which he was considered likely to have qualified for.^[3]

Death

While driving near Samburu in 2011, Ndere was killed in a head-on crash with an on-coming vehicle. He had just started annual leave and was on the road to Nairobi from his Mombasa base.^[3]