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Kakamega Schools 'Green Commandos' celebrate after beating St Marys Yala's The Black Saints in football final at the KSSSA Term 2 Games at Mpesa Academy on Thursday. [Jonah Onyango,Standard]
As the dust settles on the grounds of the Mpesa Foundation Academy in Thika, the echoes of a totally altered schools’ sports ecosystem are still reverberating.
As champions celebrate their conquests and losers leak their wounds, 2026 will go down in history as the year dynasties crumbled, long-suffering giants clawed their way back to immortality and the entire hierarchy of Kenyan schools’ sports was brutally rewritten.
From the dethronement of Vihiga Boys (rugby 15s), St Luke’s Kimilili (handball boys), Musingu and Tigoi Girls (hockey) and 2025 boys’ basketball champions Laiser Hill and during the Term One games, their collapse had set a terrifying trend for defending champions. Across almost every discipline, the 2026 landscape underwent a significant shift.
