Bukedea Comprehensive Success in FEASSA Games: Speaker Receives Twin Trophies, Appreciates in Dollars

By: Kayiira Jackson 

Any victory at bigger stage in all spheres of life deserves appreciation and the stewards to that success needs a recognition. This exactly what the Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament and the proprietor of Bukedea Comprehensive School in Eastern Uganda did to schools delegation from Kakamega Kenya. 

In their second attempt on the regional stage, Bukedea won two trophies from beach volleyball and Football boys a success, the Speaker never wanted to pass in a silence. 

For starters, Bukedea Comprehensive School beat the host’s school, Musingu Boys High School 2-1 courtesy of Businge Amisi Yabil and they lifted the 2025 FEASSA Games football boys championship. 

Upon receiving the trophy at the luncheon host on Monday afternoon at Hotel Africana in Kampala, the Rt. Hon. Annet Anitah Among coupled with her husband and the President of Football in Uganda, Hon. Moses Magogo fulfilled the promise made to the boys before heading to Kakamega. The two handed over USD20,000 approximately 74M Uganda shillings as appreciation token.

“This is the bonus promised before the start of the 2025 FEASSA Games. Thank you for playing well. We promise to support the sports project at Bukedea Comprehensive School” Speaker Among remarked in her brief speech.

In reply, the football team’s captain Godfrey Ssekibengo praised the speaker for her generosity . “We are honored and very excited for this donation” a shy Ssekibengo stammered. “This push gives us the momentum and impetus to work even harder” he added.

Bukedea Comprehensive School football and beach volleyball teams completed the entire campaign unscratched throughout the tournament.

The beach volleyball captain David Kigozi also hailed the collaborative forces from the players, coaches, support staff to the general management.

“I thank everybody who has been part of our success. From mama (Speaker Among), the managers, the players, coaches and other support staff, we are honored indeed” Kigozi hinted.

The Bukedea Comprehensive School sports project manager Fred Katende Malibu expressed satisfaction by the rate at which the whole initiative has evolved.

“This is now a third-year sports project at Bukedea Comprehensive School. The idea was brought in by the Speaker herself to give scholarships to the sports students” Katende recollected vividly.

“Three years ago, we were 48th in Uganda; We are now number three in Uganda; number third in the world and number one in East Africa. We came as a new school with new tactics, renovations and ideas. We continue to make significant strides” Katende added.

There are over 200 student scholarships in various sports at Bukedea Comprehensive School as Volleyball, beach volleyball, football, netball, athletics and DanceSport.

He also appreciated the key partners in the sports project as Rays of Grace primary school and Prosper Soccer Academy who were ably represented by Roberts Kiwanuka and Dennis Namanya respectively.

“I thank mama (Speaker Among) for accepting to invest in sports and its infrastructure. We now have world class facilities at the school, the best in Bukedea region. These have helped the project move miles. I thank the parents, coaches, team managers and our supportive partners as Rays of Grace Primary School and Prosper Soccer Academy” Professor Gumisiriza echoed.

Only in the 2025, Bukedea Comprehensive has corrected 21 trophies from different sports disciplines from district to East Africa.