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The Uganda Secondary Schools Sports Association (USSSA) has petitioned the Federation of East Africa Schools Sports Association) over Kenya's self declaration as champions of the FEASSA games that climaxed on Friday in Kakamega Kenya. Uganda had won the overall title after collecting 15 gold medals to Kenya's 13, but Kenya FEASSA officials claimed the title and announced Kenya as winner, basing on the addition of Primary and Special Needs Education (SNE) medals, which is not a method used to determine overall winners since 2018 when the primary games were incepted in 2018.
St Noa won the girls football title
From the petition letter signed by USSSA CEO Chris Mugisha, Uganda complains of unfair decision to name number two the champions, also coming after a hostile environment to Uganda athletes and officials during the competition. FEASSA president Justus Mugisha has instructed that this matter be investigated and has instituted a five-man team to investigate the matter and give a report within 72 hours.
Uganda collected 15 gold medals in secondary section to Kenya's 13 while Rwanda gor 2 and Tanzania, Burundi and visitors Ivory Cost got no medals. But in a unique tally format that has not been used before, all competitions of SNE and primary were added together for the first in the championship, to give Kenya the overall with 21 gold, with Uganda coming second on 16 and Tanzania in 3rd on 3 while Rwanda got 2.
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Kibuli SS led Uganda's medal collection having won 4 golds in boys tennis, boys and girls table tennis and boys badminton with Mbogo High winning the girls badminton. Bukedea Comprehensive School won their maiden boys football title after beating hosts Musingu Boys 2-1 in a final that was played in Kisumu due to crowd violence in Kakamega while St Noa retained the girls football title after beating Kawempe Moslem 1-0.
Bukedea Comprehensive School won the boys football title
Uganda once again dominated swimming, winning both boys and girls, Kakungulu Memorial won the boys hockey, St Noa again beat St Mary's Kitende 64-41 to win the girls basketball 5x5 title with Jinja SS winning the girls rugby 7s while Ntare School won boys scrable and the chess title also went to Uganda.
Other demonstration games that did not count in the medal tally ie lacrosse, beach volleyball and beach soccer, were all won by Uganda. The closing and awarding ceremony was presided over by HE FCPA Fernandes Barasa OGW Governor of Kakamega county. This was the 5th time running of Uganda's dominance of the games, having won in 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024 and this year.
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