When the East Africa Secondary Schools Sports Association (EASSSA) 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 as far as Europe to identify their choices for the various disciplines.
The Kenyan chapter of the EASSSA 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, that 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 KESSSA in conjunction with the MoE was undertaking the students for the extra-curriculum activities as set down in the education calendar as well preparing those angling towards the KJSEA track of Arts and Sports under the new CBE system.
All this while, the Trans Nzoia KESSSA officials were busy studying the performance for 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 EASSSA 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 Josephs 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 victory of soccer side right from the county, regional, 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 of having guided Luis Ingavi to the United States while his counterpart of 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 the senior school commences, parents and guardians across the country with students will be seeking secrets of the Trans Nzoia schools setting the records in arts and sports.
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On the spot will also be St Josephs Girls head Rose Munzala 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 which was the 2025 EASSSA volleyball runners-up and St Francis Suwerwa Boys who are commandeering athletics.
The release of the KJSEA results are set for tomorrow and the placement to the Grade 10 to expected to be completed before the Christmas and New Year celebrations pending the reopening of schools for the 2026 academic period.
Both St Josephs Boys and St Anthony Boys and St Brigids’ Girls are the local learning within the national brackets 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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