{"id":28157,"date":"2025-09-26T16:15:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T13:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siaya.go.ke\/siaya\/?p=28157"},"modified":"2025-09-26T16:30:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T13:30:31","slug":"the-county-government-of-siaya-in-partnership-with-betika-has-hosted-the-national-sports-championship-season-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siaya.go.ke\/siaya\/the-county-government-of-siaya-in-partnership-with-betika-has-hosted-the-national-sports-championship-season-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"SIAYA HOSTS BINGWA FEST SEASON II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28159\" src=\"https:\/\/siaya.go.ke\/siaya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2e88050b-267e-4db3-a80c-01146e782477.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1599\" height=\"1066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siaya.go.ke\/siaya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2e88050b-267e-4db3-a80c-01146e782477.jpeg 1599w, https:\/\/siaya.go.ke\/siaya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2e88050b-267e-4db3-a80c-01146e782477-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/siaya.go.ke\/siaya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2e88050b-267e-4db3-a80c-01146e782477-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/siaya.go.ke\/siaya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2e88050b-267e-4db3-a80c-01146e782477-272x182.jpeg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1599px) 100vw, 1599px\" \/>The County Government of Siaya in partnership with Betika has hosted the National Sports Championship Season II.<\/p>\n<p>Dubbed the Bingwa Fest, the event features soccer, rugby 7s, basketball, and athletics and is currently ongoing at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Stadium and Siaya KMTC Grounds both within the Siaya Municipality.<\/p>\n<p>BingwaFest is a nationwide multi-sport grassroot extravaganza, aimed at raising the<br \/>\nprofile of sports in Kenya, and showcasing the huge untapped talent across the country<br \/>\nand played across multiple sporting codes, namely, football, rugby, basketball, and<br \/>\nathletics. The extravaganza fuses both sports and entertainment, also offering upcoming<br \/>\nand established artistes a platform to showcase their talents.<\/p>\n<p>The games officially flagged off by the Acting Chief Officer for Tourism, Sports, Arts and Culture Hon.Judith Oyugi alongside Bingwa Fest CEO Cynthia Mumo will climax on Sunday at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Stadium with teams competing for top prizes in football, rugby and basketball.<\/p>\n<p>Winners in football and rugby, both men and women, will pocket KSh 1 million each, while the<br \/>\nwinning teams in the 3\u00d73 basketball will go home KSh 500,000 richer. The first runners-up for<br \/>\nfootball and rugby will be awarded KSh 500,000, while the second runners-up are set to receive<br \/>\nKSh 250,000. In basketball, the teams that finish second and third will take home KSh 250,000<br \/>\nand KSh 100,000, respectively.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28160\" src=\"https:\/\/siaya.go.ke\/siaya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/7ca7fe30-5a9b-494c-9cf6-a95a86a6dc94.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siaya.go.ke\/siaya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/7ca7fe30-5a9b-494c-9cf6-a95a86a6dc94.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/siaya.go.ke\/siaya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/7ca7fe30-5a9b-494c-9cf6-a95a86a6dc94-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/siaya.go.ke\/siaya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/7ca7fe30-5a9b-494c-9cf6-a95a86a6dc94-272x182.jpeg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The County Government of Siaya in partnership with Betika has hosted the National Sports Championship Season II. Dubbed the Bingwa Fest, the event features soccer, rugby 7s, basketball, and athletics and is currently ongoing at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Stadium and Siaya KMTC Grounds both within the Siaya Municipality. BingwaFest is a nationwide multi-sport grassroot [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":28158,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/siaya.go.ke\/siaya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/siaya.go.ke\/siaya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/siaya.go.ke\/siaya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siaya.go.ke\/siaya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siaya.go.ke\/siaya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/siaya.go.ke\/siaya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siaya.go.ke\/siaya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/siaya.go.ke\/siaya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siaya.go.ke\/siaya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siaya.go.ke\/siaya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}