Kenya - Kisumu picked to host East Africa championship
Kisumu will host this year’s East Africa secondary schools games. Kenya Secondary Schools Sports Association (KSSSA) Secretary-General David Ngugi said the games would run from August 26 to September 2 at a venue yet to be identified. The championships would involve teams from Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi
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Kisumu will host this year’s East Africa secondary schools games. Kenya Secondary Schools Sports Association (KSSSA) Secretary-General David Ngugi said the games would run from August 26 to September 2 at a venue yet to be identified. The championships would involve teams from Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi who will compete for top honours in football, basketball, handball and netball.
Tanzania port city of Dar es Salaam hosted last year’s event where Kenya emerged the overall champions. Ngugi announced this while releasing this year’s KSSSA calendar of events in Nairobi on Thursday.
The calendar opens with term one games — basketball, hockey, rugby sevens, swimming, cross country, decathlon and heptathlon from April 9-15 in Eldoret.
Kakamega town will host term two ‘A’ games that would involve athletics, rugby 15s, handball and netball from June 3-9.
Ngugi said term two ‘B’ games including football, volleyball, badminton, table tennis and lawn tennis would be staged in Nyeri from August 6-12.
Also on the schools calendar is the Kenya Schools and Colleges Athletics Triangular Championships set for July 9-12 at Moi International Sports Centre Kasarani.