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PASSENGA TEAM IS RECEIVED WITH SONG AND DANCE AFTER EMERGING TOPS IN FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT
Nyandarua County reverberated into song and dance after one of its secondary schools won football title to represent Kenya in the East-African tournament scheduled to take place in Kigali, Rwanda next week.
Passenga Secondary School in Ol’Kalou sub-county (Aberdare region) beat Metropolitan’s region’s Laiser Hill 1-0 in hard fought boys’ final in Machakos County last Saturday.
John Avire’s sixth minute strike settled the pulsating final as Passenga made history by becoming the first school from Aberdare region to win boys’ national football title since the games started 45 years ago.
Passenga who had eliminated Lake Region’s Kisumu Day 4-3 on post-match penalties in the semi-finals, avenged their 2-1 loss to Laiser Hill in the preliminaries.
“It is an amazing feeling to win the title we have worked hard despite not hitting the tope gear. We gave it our all, rode our luck at times but in the end we are champions and now we can celebrate our hard work,” said Avire.
Sports fans in the County led by County Executive Committee Member for Tourism, Sports and Wildlife Hon. Peter Gathimba drove in a convoy of vehicles to receive the Passenga team at Nyandarua-Kiambu border near Soko Mpya.
On receiving the team, the huge convoy drove through Magumu, Njabini, Miharati and Ol’Kalou towns before landing in Nyahururu town where they caused a stir through the town streets on Sunday while singing, dancing, and blowing horns.
The group later drove back to Nyandarua county headquarters in Ol’Kalou where they were received by Nyandarua Governor, H.E. Daniel Waithaka Mwangi.
The Governor who gave cash reward to the team, promised that his administration will look for ways of assisting the team financially ahead of the tournament in Kigali, Rwanda on August 11.
(GPS)
