Leads United and Mali Mali Ladies crowned BingwaFest national champions
Apart from the team prizes, the golden boot and golden glove winners pocketed KSh 50,000 each while the rugby MVP and top try scorer received Ksh 50,000 each.
Leads United and Mali Mali Ladies are the 2025 BingwaFest national football champions following their respective triumphs in the finals held on Sunday at the Jomo Kenyatta Stadium in Kisumu.
The national champions received Ksh 2.5 million each (Ksh 1.5 million in cash and Ksh 1 million in kind to a charity of choice in their region) while the second placed teams were awarded Ksh 750,000.
Leads United beat Julu Nyabango 3-1 in post-match penalties after the two sides played to a 1-1 draw in regular time. Representing Nairobi region, Leads United opened the scoring courtesy of a Hamisi Bakari strike early in the first half before John Nakitari leveled matters for the Nyanza representative just before the break.
It was a similar case in the women’s final as Mali Mali Ladies came from behind to grab a 1-1 draw in regular time courtesy of a late strike by Elizabeth Mideva, before going ahead to snatch the title with a 5-4 win on post-match penalties.
In Rugby, Homeboyz beat Equator 07-05 in the men’s final while Kinale Forest hammered Hunters Hill 35-07 to clinch the women’s title.
Just like in football, rugby champions received Ksh 2.5 million each (Ksh 1.5 million in cash and Ksh 1 million in kind to a charity of choice in their region) while the second placed teams were awarded Ksh 750,000.
The 3×3 basketball action saw Hawks beat ACES 19-11 for top glory in the women’s final as Eastern region’s BCG saw of Coast representatives KNCP 17-12 in the men’s final.
Hawks and BCG went home Ksh 750,000 richer and received Ksh 1 million in kind to a charity of choice at their region as well while ACES and KNCP received Ksh 400,000 each.
Apart from the team prizes, the golden boot and golden glove winners pocketed KSh 50,000 each while the rugby MVP and top try scorer received Ksh 50,000 each. In basketball, winners in the dunking competition pocketed Ksh 50,000 while those in the 3-point challenge went home with Ksh 30,000.
Earlier in the week, athletes competing at the BingwaFest athletics finals shared a prize pool of Ksh 12.1 million for their exploits on the track, with the top five in each race getting rewarded.
Titus Kiprotich and Maurine Jepkoech were crowned the 10,000m in the lucrative 10,000m held at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Stadium in Siaya to walk away Ksh 400,000 richer.
