When the Federation of East Africa Secondary Schools Sports Association (FEASSSA) 2025 month-long ballgames were being held in Kakamega County last October, the Kenya representatives were keenly being scouted for further engagements beyond the continent. Scouts came from as far as Europe to identify their choices for the various disciplines.
The Kenyan chapter of the FEASSSA had sent representatives in the categories of Football, both for boys and girls, Volleyball, Netball, Badminton and Hockey, among others. Among the representatives were Kitale’s St Boys and Kakamega’s Musingu for soccer, St Josephs’ Girls for Hockey and Kesogoni Mixed for volleyball for boys.
Earlier in the year, the Ministry of Education (MoE) had arranged for the First Term secondary schools games in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu, which involved other disciplines like athletics. This was a prelude to other competitions, such as drama and music, held annually.
In both the First and Second Terms games, the Kenya Secondary Schools Sports Association, KSSSA, in conjunction with the MoE, was undertaking the students for the extra-curricular activities as set down in the education calendar, as well as preparing those angling towards the track of Arts and Sports under the new CBE system.
All this while, the Trans Nzoia KSSSA officials were busy studying the performance of each student together with their respective school principals for recommendation for assignment outside the school.
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And true to their expectations at the end of the FEASSSA tournament in Kakamega, several local principals were the first ones to smile after their students were either called or selected for national and international duty.
St Joseph’s Boys Principal Cosmas Nabungolo was proud that five of his soccer players from the Jobo team, including the lethal striker Istin Simiyu, had been invited for trials with European clubs. Simiyu had been instrumental to the victory of the soccer side right from the county, regional, and national to regional.
The latest was the principal of Bwake Friends Boys, John Mukongolo, whose student, Harrison Kadenge, he escorted to Barcelona, Spain, for tests. For the head of Goseta Boys, the principal senior Geoffrey Murunga is happy to have guided Luis Ingavi to the United States, while his counterpart at St Anthony Boys, Simon Masibo, revels at sending Aldrine Kibet to Spain for a 4-year contract with RC Celta Vigo as well as being called to the national soccer team Harambee Stars.
Other students from the county currently engaged in trials in foreign countries include Amos Wanjala- Spain, Emmanuel Obore- Zambia, Alvin Kasaveli-Spain and Zech Obiero-England.
As the placement of Grade 10 learners nears its completion, parents and guardians across the country with students will be seeking to secrets of the Trans Nzoia schools, setting records in arts and sports.
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On the spot will also be St Joseph’s Girls’ head Rose Munzal, who in several years has led the school to be crowned girls’ soccer, volleyball and hockey queens. Also on the list will be St Monicah Girls who have excelled in Chess, Kesogon Mixed who were the 2025 FEASSSA volleyball runners-up and St Francis Suwerwa Boys who are commanding athletics.
Both St Joseph’s Boys and St Anthony Boys, and St Brigids’ Girls are the local learning within the national bracket schools and are set to offer three CBE pathways, including STEM and Social Sciences. The rest of the county and sub-county schools are required to undertake two pathways, with STEM being compulsory.
By Abisai Amugune
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