Samitsi FC to Battle Soy United on the Karamoja Super Cup Finals
KAKAMEGA, Kenya, Dec 27 – The sixth version of the Karamoja Super Cup is ready to culminate this weekend on the Samitsi Grounds, Kakamega, with home-team Samitsi FC taking over FKF Division One aspect Soy United within the males’s class, with Kimangeti Queens and Iron Ladies doing battle within the ladies’s class.
Betika, by way of its group engagement initiative -Betika Na Community- has as soon as once more partnered with the Karamoja Super Cup because the title sponsor, to supply not solely monetary help but additionally present tools and kits to all of the groups that participated from the preliminary phases of the event which kicked off earlier within the month.
Winners within the males’s remaining will take dwelling KES 500,000 with the second and third-placed groups incomes KES 250,000 and KES 100,000 respectively. In the ladies’s division, the winners will likely be awarded KES 250,000 whereas the primary and second runners-up will likely be given KES 150,000 and KES 100,000 in that order.
Two-time winners, Samitsi FC, will likely be trying to reclaim the title they final received in 2021 whereas Soy United will intention for his or her maiden title.
Samitsi FC received the inaugural version in 2019 with Mugai FC clinching the title within the second version in 2020. Samitsi FC made it two titles in 2021, with Lirhembe Arsenal and Chambeli FC rising champions in 2022 and 2023 respectively.
On their strategy to the ultimate, Samitsi FC triumphed over final 12 months’s winners Chombeli FC within the semis, successful by a solitary aim within the hard-fought match. On their half, Soy United overcame Milimani FC 4-2 within the post-match penalty shootout after enjoying to a barren attract common time to e-book their slot within the remaining.
Kimangeti Queens and Iron Ladies edged out Samitsi Queens 2-0 and Makhima Queens 1-0 respectively.
Reflecting on the upcoming finals on Saturday, organizer Bram Karamoja mentioned: “When I started this tournament, my focus was to empower the youth from where I came from. We have since grown and expanded, not just in terms of the number of teams that take place but also what they receive. It is not just about football, it is also a chance to empower the locals.”
Betika Group CEO Mutua Mutava mentioned: “We have had a very sporty year and are happy to be back to Samitsi Grounds to witness the finals of a tournament that has been a huge success. We believe in the transformative power of sports in communities, so we always want to get involved in such initiatives.”
This 12 months’s version has additionally seen the return of Volleyball for each males and girls after lacking out final 12 months.
It would be the third time that Volleyball has been included within the event, the opposite two being 2021 and 2022. Group motion served off on December 25, 2024, with the finals set to be performed on Saturday, December 28.
Elsewhere, the finals of the 14th version of the Chris Oguso Tournament, are set to happen on Sunday on the Mahanga Sports Grounds, Vihiga.
