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Sep 2nd, 2025

Uganda wins petition, Kenya given 72 hours to return hijacked FEASSA overall trophy

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Kenya's shortlived claimed victory was retrieved by the FEASSA committee and the title will be handed to Uganda
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The Uganda Secondary Schools Sports Association (USSSA) has successfully won a petition over the hijacked Federation of East Africa Secondary Schools Sports Association (FEASSA) overall winners’ trophy. 
USSSA lodged the petition after Kenya declared itself the overall winner at the recently concluded competition held in Kakamega, Kenya, two weeks ago.


Bukedea Comprehensive School won the boys football title 

Uganda had rightfully won the overall title after collecting 15 gold medals against Kenya’s 13, but FEASSA officials from Kenya controversially announced Kenya as the winner. They based their declaration on the inclusion of Primary and Special Needs Education (SNE) medals— a method that has not been used to determine overall winners since 2018, when the primary games were introduced.

In a petition letter signed by USSSA CEO Chris Mugisha, Uganda protested what it described as an unfair and biased decision, arguing that the second-place team was wrongly crowned champions. The complaint also highlighted the hostile environment faced by Ugandan athletes and officials during the competition.

Following the petition, FEASSA President Justus Mugisha instituted a five-member committee to investigate the matter and issue a fair ruling.

The committee, chaired by Rwanda’s Paterne Rwiyema (FEASSA Vice President, Administration), included Kenya’s Gikonyo Kariuki (Vice Chair), Uganda’s Patrick Okanya, Deo Joseph, and Joel Gashaka as members.


St Noa won the girls football title 

According to the committee’s recommendations, the FEASSA competitions secretariat was found guilty of wrongdoing—ranging from manipulating medal tallies to announcing results without the executive’s consent.
The committee concluded that:

  1. The modification of award criteria without the approval of the Executive Committee and General Assembly was a procedural error that must be rectified.
  2. Reward criteria for future competitions should be revisited and ratified to avoid similar disputes.
  3. Participating countries prepared and competed under one set of criteria, only for different criteria to be applied later—compromising fairness.

Based on these findings, the committee directed that:

  1. FEASSA should obtain independent trophies for the three categories: Secondary, Primary, and SNE, to reflect their distinct competitions.
  2. The trophy awarded to Kenya should be reassigned to the rightful category in which Kenya emerged overall winner.
  3. Two additional trophies must be procured for the remaining categories.
  4. These trophies should be reassigned within 72 hours.
  5. FEASSA should improve its communication processes to ensure fairness and transparency.

Medal Standings – Secondary Schools Section
Uganda: 15 Gold, 13 Silver, 11 Bronze (39 total)
Kenya: 13 Gold, 16 Silver, 13 Bronze (42 total)
Rwanda: 2 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze (4 total)
Tanzania: 0 Gold, 0 Silver, 3 Bronze (3 total)
Burundi: 0 Gold, 0 Silver, 2 Bronze (2 total)
Ivory Coast: 0 Gold, 0 Silver, 0 Bronze (0 total)

Uganda’s Highlights
Kibuli SS led Uganda’s medal haul with 4 golds in boys’ tennis, boys’ and girls’ table tennis, and boys’ badminton.
Mbogo High secured gold in girls’ badminton.
Bukedea Comprehensive School clinched their maiden boys’ football title after defeating hosts Musingu Boys 2-1 in a final played in Kisumu due to crowd violence in Kakamega.
St Noa Girls retained the girls’ football crown with a 1-0 win over Kawempe Muslim.

Torch Media Africa

Published By | DICKENS TIHARIHONDIJO

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