Talanta Hela under 19 girl’s tournament has kicked off this morning in Witu Ward with 8 teams competing for individual slots to be part of the official County under 19 girls’ team.

Tomorrow, Talanta Hela U_19 tournament will be played at Muungano grounds in Mpeketoni before moving to Hindi Ward on sunday.

Talanta Hela U_19 tournament seeks to identify the best female footballers who will be enlisted to represent the county at the regional games with the best two teams expected to play during the Jamhuri Day national celebrations in Nairobi.

County Government of Lamu has already completed Talanta Hela U_19 boys tournament and the team awaits to compete in the regional games in September.

County Government of Lamu under the stewardship of H.E Governor Issa Timamy EGH, OGW has been sponsoring Talanta Hela tournament as part of nurturing and promoting sports amongst youths as well as create alternative source of revenue for the youths.

Today’s kickoff was graced by Youth and Sports CECM Hon. Sebastian Owanga who was accompanied by Chief Officer Md. Hafwa Difini and Sports Officer Peter Ndichu.

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