EAC Inter-parliamentary Games: Kenya to face Burundi in soccer conflict
EAC Inter-parliamentary Games: Kenya to face Burundi in soccer conflict
Saturday 14th December, 2024 10:58 AM|
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As the East African Community Inter-Parliamentary Games enter day 8, Kenya’s males’s soccer crew will face off with their Burundian counterparts on the Kenya Ports Authority’s Mbaraki Stadium.
The match comes simply days after Uganda defeated Kenya within the opening males’s soccer match on December 8, 2024, with a powerful 3-0 victory.
The Ugandan legislators stamped their authority upon the graduation of the match, with Godfrey Wakooli discovering the again of the web within the eleventh minute.
Peter Ogwang, the Ugandan Sports Minister, doubled the guests’ benefit within the twenty second minute, guaranteeing a cushty 2-0 lead earlier than half-time.
After the break, Uganda maintained their dominance as Wakooli accomplished his brace within the 53rd minute, successfully sealing the match’s destiny.
Winning streak
In a fixture that’s anticipated to generate numerous pleasure, the Kenyan MPs are upbeat after the nation’s girls’s volleyball crew thrashed Burundi’s aspect on all of the units performed on Friday, December 13, 2024.
The crew captained by Nyandarua MP Faith Gitau proved formidable with its resounding 4-0 victory over the Burundian MPs with strikes by Senator Joyce Korir and Irene Mayaka setting the stage for a dominant begin.
The match additionally comes scorching on the heels of a conflict between the Kenyan males MPs and the Burundians in a volleyball match which was compelled right into a fifth set following a comeback by the French-speaking East African nation.
During the opening set, Kenya gained 25-21, earlier than Burundi stormed again to dominate the following two units 25-11 and 25-14.
In the fourth set, Kenya gained narrowly by 25-23, forcing a fifth set the place Nairobi’s favourites gained decisively with a 15-11 rating to edge out the Burundian legislators.
Other fixtures
Other matches lined up for today would be the Kenya vs Uganda girls’s netball conflict from 10:00 am on the Aga Khan Sports Ground, Kenya vs Burundi males’s basketball duel on the KPA Makupa Sports Centre at 12:00 pm and the Kenya vs South Sudan girls’s basketball duel.
Another conflict to be careful for immediately would be the males’s volleyball pitting Kenya towards Rwanda on the Aga Khan Sports Ground at 2:00 pm.
