St Joseph’s Girls Kitale celebrate after retaining their FEASSSA hockey title; By ANGWENYI GICHANA

Tanzania will host the Federation of East African Secondary Schools Sports Association (FEASSSA) Games next year.

FEASSSA president Justus Mugisha announced that the 23rd edition of the games will be held in Dar-es-salaam.  

Tanzania have previously held the games in Arusha and Dar es-salaam. Kenya reclaimed the overall title from archrivals Uganda after bagging a total of 63 medals, which included 21 gold, 24 silver, and 18 bronze medals. 

Uganda garnered a total of 48 medals—16 gold, 15 silver, and 17 bronze medals, while Tanzania came third with nine medals—three gold, two silver, and four bronze medals. 

Rwanda was fourth with two gold, two silver and one bronze, while their close neighbours, Burundi, completed the top five places with only two bronze medals.

The guest country, Côte d’Ivoire, did not win any medals. The countries battled it out in secondary, primary and Special Needs Education schools’ categories during the 10-day event in Kakamega.

The top three teams qualified for the International Schools Federation (ISF) games and the Africa Schools Championships, according to Mugisha. 

The boys’ football title remains elusive after Kenya’s Musingu High fell 2-1 to Bukedea Comprehensive School at Moi Stadium in Kisumu. The top three schools have automatically qualified to play at the FAS and ISF Championships. The next FEASSA Championship will be hosted in the Republic of Tanzania. 

As expected, Kenya retained the overall track and field title. In the secondary schools category, Kenya bagged 61 medals to retain the athletics title during the two-day championships held at Eregi Teachers’ Training College.

Kenya clinched 29 gold, 21 silver and 11 bronze medals to beat archrivals Uganda to second place. Uganda garnered a total of 40 medals, which included eight gold, 15 silver, and 17 bronze medals. 

Tanzania finished third with a paltry 10 medals. They won one gold, two silver, and seven bronze medals. Burundi, Côte d’Ivoire and Rwanda did not get any medals.

In the primary schools category, Kenya reigned supreme again after garnering a total of 48 gold medals. The dominant Kenyan pupils won 26 gold medals, 14 silver and eight bronze medals.

They once again beat Uganda to second place. The Ugandans had 22 medals, including three gold, seven silver, and 12 bronze medals. Tanzania was third with one gold, nine silver and 10 bronze medals.