St Mary’s Kitende 9-0 EPM Mpanda: Nkoola, Kisiriko star with hat-tricks

FEASSA Games 2025 (Football)

Boys:

• St Mary’s Kitende (Uganda) 9-0 EPM Mpanda (Burundi)
• Butere S.S (Kenya) 1-1 Budo S.S (Uganda)
• Musingu S.S (Kenya) 1-0 Kizuka (Tanzania)

Girls:

• St Noa Girls Zana (Uganda) 6-0 P.S.S Huye (Rwanda)

St Mary’s Boarding School Kitende boys’ football team humiliated Burundian opposition, EPM Mpanda 9-0 at the Kakamega High School playground on Friday, 15th August 2025.

Arafat Nkoola and Denis Kisiriko each grabbed a hat-trick in this one-sided duel played under sunny conditions.

Collins Ochata, Frank Ssekanjanko and Leonard Kasaanya each added a goal apiece to the feast.

Roving right back Ochata set the tone for the game with a third minute strike.

Nkoola made it two on 9 minutes before Kisiriko pounced in the 12th minute.

Kisiriko returned to the party in the 19th minute for their fourth goal and Nkoola had his second on the day 5 minutes later.

Kisiriko completed his hat-trick a minute to the half-hour mark as the Ugandan football power house ruled 6-0 by the mandatory half-time break.

Moments after return for the second half, Nkoola had his hat-trick with their 7th goal.

Ssekanjako and Kasaanya got the 8th and 9th goals respectively for St Mary’s Kitende who had suffered a shocking 1-2 defeat to Bukedea Comprehensive School on day one.

Meanwhile, Budo S.S was held to a 1-all draw with Kenya’s Butere S.S at the Bukhungu international stadium.

Budo S.S now has four points after their opening day victory over Amus College 1-0 at the Rehabilitation playground opposite Masinde Muliro University.

In girls’ football, St Noa Girls School Zana smiled 6-0 past Rwanda’s PSS Huye at St Ignatius Boys Mukumu playground.

Patricia Nayiga led the assault with two goals. Four other players; Esther Babirye, Mary Ayugi, Slyvia Kabene and Imelda Kasemere each had a goal to their names.

The official opening ceremony was held at the Bukhungu international stadium on the afternoon of Friday, 15th August 2025 before thousands of spectators and guests.

There was a procession of all the participating countries (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and Ivory Coast) before the official opening match where Musingu overcame Kizuka 1-0.

Football action, like the rest of the games returns on Saturday, 16th August 2025.

The other games being competed in include Volleyball, handball, basketball, netball, rugby, hockey, athletics, table tennis, badminton, tennis, swimming, goalball (SNE games), chess, scrabble, beach volleyball, beach soccer, lacrosse, DanceSport and cricket.

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