BingwaFest heads to Nairobi for final regional leg this weekend
Winners in football and rugby, both men and women, will pocket Ksh 1 million each while the winning teams in the 3×3 basketball will go home Ksh 500,000 richer.
The finals of the last leg of the 2024/25 BingwaFest are set to take place this weekend starting from tomorrow to Sunday at the Nairobi Polo Club Grounds, off Ngong Rd in Nairobi County.
More than 5,000 sportsmen and women are set to compete across athletics, 3×3 basketball, football, and rugby during the sports extravaganza, with up to Ksh 17 million in cash prizes up for grabs by individuals and teams.
Winners in football and rugby, both men and women, will pocket Ksh 1 million each while the winning teams in the 3×3 basketball will go home Ksh 500,000 richer. The first runners-up for football and rugby will be awarded Ksh 500,000 while the second runners-up are set to receive Ksh 250,000. In basketball, the teams that finish second and third will take home Ksh 250,000 and Ksh 100,000 respectively.
In athletics, more than Ksh 5 million will be up for grabs in the various track disciplines, with both male and female athletes receiving equal prize money. Gold medalists in the lucrative 10,000m will take home Ksh 300,000, while the first and second runners-up will pocket Ksh 250,000 and Ksh 200,000, respectively. Athletes who finish fourth and fifth will round off the prize bracket and will receive Ksh 100,000 and KES 75,000 in that order.
In the 5,000m category, winners will be awarded Ksh 250,000, second-place finishers Ksh 150,000, third-place Ksh 100,000, fourth-place Ksh 50,000, and fifth-place Ksh 30,000.
Prizes for the top five in the 100m, 4000m, 800m, and 1,500m will be the same, with gold medalists receiving Ksh 150,000, silver medalists Ksh 100,000, and bronze medalists Ksh 60,000. The fourth and fifth-place finishers will pocket Ksh 30,000 and Ksh 20,000.
Football action kicked off with the preliminary matches on Monday 24th February and will be played through to Thursday at four different venues: at Pand Pieri Grounds in Githurai, and the Makongeni Grounds for the teams from Nairobi East, while those from Nairobi West play at Ligi Ndogo Grounds and the BP Grounds in Kawangware. The football finals action will be hosted at the Polo Club.
This will be the last regional stop for the multi-disciplinary event which kicked off with the Western Region edition held in Mumias in August last year.
