Kisumu prepares for 9th Kicosca games due next month

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Kisumu county Officials inspect the state of Moi stadium as preparations to host the 9th Kicosca games in January next year got underway-Photo Courtesy 

By Dickson Odhiambo

December 18, 2022

Kisumu prepares for 9th Kicosca games due next month 

The County government of Kisumu is in top gears as it launched massive preparations to host the 9th edition of the Inter-counties Sports and Cultural Association.

An Organizing Committee headed by the County Secretary, John Auma is supervising preparations of competition venues and institutions that will accommodate delegates from various counties.

The games start from January 15, 2023 and will feature 21 sports events that includes Golf, soccer and choirs.

“We are ready to host the games. It is a great honour to host 46 Counties here in Kisumu. We have started sprucing up the venues for the games. We want it to be the best ever Kicosca derby ever held since its inception in 2013,” Auma says.

Kisumu governor, Prof Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o who is the new games’  Patron, has directed the local Organizing Committee to be holding daily meetings to ensure everything go as planned.

The County Secretary says the County and national officials involved in the preparations were working in consultations with the National Organizing Committee.

The team this weekend held its meeting at the Moi stadium which will be one of the venues.

Before the onset of Devolution, the Kicosca games was known as the Kenya Inter-Municipality Sports and Cultural Association (KIMSCA).

Nairobi County held the first edition in 2013, followed by Nakuru in 2014 and Uasin Gishu in 2015.

Other Counties that have hosted the games are Kiambu in 2016, Machakos in 2017, Kisii in 2018, Kericho in 2020 and Embu in 2021.  The games were not held in 2019.

The Kicosca games normally precede the East Africa Local Authority Sports and Cultural Association (EALASCA) which as first held in 2009 in Kenya in Machakos town.

Kenya again hosted the regional sports extravaganza in Kisumu in 2016.

The Kicosca games is managed by the national Executive committee with Peter Ogalo of Kiambu County as the Chairman.

In last year’s games, Nairobi County emerged overall winners with Kisumu finishing in position two while Uasin Gishu was ranked third.

Nairobi will also be defending her Athletics title while Kisumu will be relying on the Deputy Governor Mathew Owili to defend the Golf title. Embu is the defending soccer champions.

Games officials said 27 Counties had confirmed participation by close of last week and more were expected to send their names.

 

 

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