Kakamega County Polytechnic (KCP) was crowned the football winner of the inaugural sports competition for polytechnics in Kakamega county.
The institution’s football team beat Malava County Polytechnic 5-4 on a penalty shootout after a barren draw in the nail-biting final match.
Meanwhile, in the women’s match, St. Theresa’s Malava clinched victory over their fierce rivals Emulakha from Navakholo with an impressive 4-2 score.
Speaking after the competition dubbed ‘Kakamega County Polytechnics Games’ at Approved School grounds in Likuyani sub-county on Saturday, Governor Fernandes Barasa congratulated the winning teams and thanked the institutions and teams for participating in the tournament.
“Being an exciting first edition, we will make sure it is an annual ritual for embracing talent and discipline among TVET students in our county,” he said.
Barasa affirmed that the county had launched programmes to support polytechnics in addition to providing capitation funds, having disbursed Ksh100 million already to support the students.
He added that his administration will prioritize students in county polytechnics in the next disbursement of the county bursary scheme.
The Governor pledged to team up with MCAs across the county to ensure all polytechnics are properly equipped.
KCP Principal Carolyn Khamete noted that they also emerged number one in Volleyball and Handball, in both the men and the women categories.
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Khamete said that being the overall best polytechnic, they were rewarded and termed it proper motivation for the students and the best marketing tool.
She called on parents to enroll their children to TVET institutions to gain technical skills that enhance entrepreneurship and self-reliance.
By Hilda Atika
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