A picture of Machakos County members of Assembly competing in a tug of war at Machakos stadium after Launch of Inter-County games. [Photo/Cyprian Muthoka]
Machakos County Governor Dr. Alfred Mutua has officially launched the Kenya Inter County games that will be held in Machakos from Monday to Saturday.
The week-long games will bring together over 200 players from different Counties in Kenya who will feature in 22 different sporting activities.
Some of the sporting activities that will be contested on include football, netball, basketball, scrabble, chess, volleyball, tug of war, handball among others.
Mutua who was speaking after touring the Machakos County stadium with some members of the County Assembly of Machakos said that spectators who will be willing to watch matches within the stadium will not be required to pay anything.
‘’ My County is really honored to host this kind of competitions. Our aim is to promote oneness and Unity between people from different communities in Kenya,’’ said Mutua.
Winners in various sporting activities will receive medals, trophies and cash awards after the end of the long week games.