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All set for primary school finals in Embu
Makueni County athlete Nduku Wambua on course to winning the 4*400m relay during the Eastern region Kenya Primary School Sports Association athletics games at St Mark Kigari Teachers’ Training College, Embu on July 2, 2022.
Photo credit: Charles Wanyoro | Nation Media Group
What you need to know:
- Each region will present 20 boys and 20 girls, in a culmination of a Ministry of Education directive for schools to hold the event about 10 days ago
- This is the first time learners below 18 years are congregating for sports activities following a two-year hiatus occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic
- KPSSA national chairman Mbalo Mwinyaki and his Eastern counterpart Nelson Gatobu said they were now optimistic that holding the athletics event would rejuvenate the sporting spirit
Some 320 pupils from eight regions countrywide will from Sunday compete in a hastily convened Kenya Primary School Sports Association (KPSSA) athletics competition at St Mark Kigari Teachers’ Training College in Embu.
Each region will present 20 boys and 20 girls, in a culmination of a Ministry of Education directive for schools to hold the event about 10 days ago.
