{"id":52335,"date":"2024-12-19T12:14:31","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T12:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/how-it-went-down-at-the-14th-east-africa-inter-parliamentary-games\/"},"modified":"2024-12-20T08:45:16","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T08:45:16","slug":"how-it-went-down-at-the-14th-east-africa-inter-parliamentary-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/how-it-went-down-at-the-14th-east-africa-inter-parliamentary-games\/","title":{"rendered":"How it went down at the 14th East Africa Inter-Parliamentary games"},"content":{"rendered":"

Teams from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan treated the fans who thronged the host country\u2019s coast region to some exhilarating displays of sporting artistry.<\/p>\n

The games were officially opened by Kenya\u2019s President, William Ruto in the presence speakers from the region\u2019s various parliaments, ambassadors and sponsors including Mchezo Limited Managing Director Ntoudi Mouyelo at a colorful procession that snaked the city and terminated at the Mama Ngina Drive tourist site. <\/p>\n

Once again Uganda, who have won the overall title in the last two editions of the games maintained their championship slot, having clinched the most gold medals in various field and track events.<\/p>\n

They were closely followed by Kenya while Tanzania was third. Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan took the fourth, fifth and sixth place respectively.<\/p>\n

One of the most interesting facets of the games was the accolade of the active athletes bestowed to non-other than the EALA delegation Chairman Kanini Kega who took part in most of the events including volleyball and golf.<\/p>\n

Kega represented the Mchezo-sponsored EALA volleyball team, athletics, football among other disciplines and was feted for his never-say-never attitude towards sports.<\/p>\n

Athletics was one of the sports that produced thrills and spills, by and large, the 100m men’ s and women. The winner in the women\u2019s 100m race was Acom Joan Alobo of Uganda. Alobo is in the 11th Parliament of Uganda as the Soroti City Woman Member of Parliament. <\/p>\n

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She beat Omanyo Catherine of Kenya and Sichalwe Condesta of Tanzania to a scintillating podium dash.<\/p>\n

The men\u2019s 100m race was won by Odoi Bernard Onen of Uganda who beat Ochan Patrick \u2013 Uganda and Vincent Musyoka (Kenya) to the podium.<\/p>\n

Another sport that enthralled regional fans was Tug of War in which Female MPs from Kenya came third behind gold medalists Uganda and Tanzania. In the Male category flamboyant MPs from Uganda took gold followed by Tanzania and Kenya.<\/p>\n

Football men\u2019s accolades went to Uganda (gold), Tanzania (silver), Burundi (bronze) whilst Rwanda took the accolade of the Most Disciplined Team.<\/p>\n

Wheelchair Darts was also a crowd pleaser. In the ladies\u2019 category Museo Rose of Kenya took the top honors ahead of Uganda\u2019s Kanushu Laura.<\/p>\n

In the Men\u2019s Wheelchair Darts, it was a Kenyan 1-2 finish led by Koskei Bishop and Tim Wanyonyi whilst Bahati Alex of EALA came third.<\/p>\n

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Speaking on behalf of Mchezo Managing Director Ntoudi Mouyelo on Tuesday December 17, 2024, Mercy Mugao extended heartfelt congratulations to the Government and people of Kenya, and especially Mombasa County, for successfully hosting this prestigious event.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the past two weeks, we have witnessed incredible talent and unwavering passion across various disciplines. In sports, there are moments of victory and opportunities to learn and grow,\u201d Mugao said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo all the winners, congratulations! For those who didn\u2019t secure victory this time, I trust valuable lessons were gained to fuel future success,\u201d she added. Mugao also commended the Government of Kenya for hosting a seamlessly organized event.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt Mchezo, we are deeply committed to advancing the sports industry in East Africa and beyond through strategic partnerships that drive growth, innovation, and impact. Our focus is threefold: Invest, Innovate, and Inclusion. These games are more than just competitions\u2014they are a catalyst for regional cohesion, trade, and economic development,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n

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{{Other Award winners included;}}<\/p>\n

In Golf Dickson Kateshumbwa (longest drive Man), Mary Maingi (ongest drive female), Thomas Tayebwa (nearest to the pin Man), Caleb Mule (best man overall), Mary Maingi (Best female overall).<\/p>\n

Ugandan female team was the overall winner while for the male team, Kenya was the overall winning team.<\/p>\n

In Basketball, Uganda\u2019s Mwine Mpaka emerged MVP for Men while Esther Matiko was the MVP for ladies. In Netball, Sarah Kayagi Netalisile emerged the MVP as Uganda ecame the overall champion in netball.<\/p>\n

In Football, Amollo Paul Otiende was the most outstanding player while women volleyball, Jesca Kishoa was the MVP Muhakwa Valens was the MVP in the men\u2019s category. Kanini Kega was recognized as the most active player in the competitions.<\/p>\n

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Regional legislatures did exceptionally well in this year\u2019s 14th East Africa Inter-Parliamentary Games, which came to an end in Mombasa, Kenya this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":2000079064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-52335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000079064,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-168.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-168.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-168.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-168.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-168.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-168.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/135"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000079064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52335"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=52335"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=52335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}