Kenya All Set To Host The Africa University Games In June
The 2022 Africa Universities Games is to be hosted in Kenya at the Kenyatta University grounds from June 6 to 10.
Lydia Kadima 
The tournament was originally set for 2020 but was postponed due to the Covid-19 crisis.
The Kenya Universities Sports Federation (KUSF) secretary-general, Joseph Sandagi, said that hosting the African games was a significant step in developing potential and marketing Kenya's sporting capabilities to international teams.
Over 4,000 athletes from universities across Africa are expected to compete in the Federation of African Sports Universities (FASU) event.
Athletics, badminton, basketball, football, table tennis, tennis, volleyball, and handball will all be part of the games program. Chess, swimming, taekwondo, karate, woodball, roll ball, goalball, and sitting volleyball are among the other sports.
For demonstration purposes, the event will also include Gurasumo, a Borana traditional game. The games will qualify men and women for the 2023 FISU University World Cup Soccer in Jinjiang, China.
Meanwhile, Zetech University and Kenyatta University teams performed admirably at this year's KUSF Games, hosted at Taita Taveta University over the weekend.
The tournament was won by Zetech's women's football and basketball teams. Zetech defeated Kenyatta University women in the football final by a lone goal, while their basketball team defeated Strathmore 50-21 to capture the title. Kenyatta University won the men's football final 1-0 over Kisii University. The winners will now compete in the Africa Universities Games in 2022.
Maurice Obolo, the head coach of the Zetech basketball team, was delighted with his team's achievement, stating that they were pleased to make their continental championship debut and claimed victory in the games.
“We have never participated in the continental games, and we are excited. Our teams are not just going to participate but compete,” Obilo said.
He noted that the continental competition would also provide publicity for his team. He urged the government to invest in secondary school and university athletes so that they could be mentored and included in national teams.
