After their glorious win in a debut Africa Airbadminton Championships winning a Gold and bronze medal, Kenya returned back to Aero Beach in Entebbe for the two day Badminton Confederation of Africa ( BCA) Region 5 Airbadminton Championship, and won a silver medal in the overall standings.
Speaking on Tuesday, 22nd September 2026, after the final whistle against Uganda, Kenya’s head coach Brijesh Sonigra was over the moon taking into consideration that this is the first time his charges are playing in an Air badminton competition.
“We have given our best and of most important, the team has enjoyed playing,” Sonigra said.
“We lost to Uganda, ofcourse being the home team, they are advantaged, but we take our lessons on to the next level,” he added.
The regional championships begun on Monday in a round robin format as Kenya took on Rwanda in the first game on court 1, a ladies tripples event that had Yvonne Mwikali, Blessing Buyanzi and skipper Jacinta Sengera win 15-3 against Marie Michelle Louange Musingize, Benie Christa Shimo Gashema and Vanessa Urusaro.
The men were up for the doubles; captain Sammy Sikoyo teaming up with
Edwin Akwanyi to beat Yves Niyomukiza and Hervé Tuyizere 30-13 , while in the women’s doubles the Jacinta Sengera/Blessing Buyanzi combo whitewashed Benie Christa Shimo Gashema and Vanessa Urusaro 45-18.
The men’s tripples saw Sikoyo, Akwanyi and Simiyu claiming a 60-29 win over Hakizimana,Niyomukiza and Tuyizere,the Kenyans winning all their matches against the Rwandese.
Comoros was next against Kenya, and this time round gaffer Brijesh Sonigra sent Sengera and Mwikali to battle Nouzouhat Ahamada and Roza M’Hadji in the women’s doubles, a game they won 15-4 while in the men’s tripples, Kenya’s Simiyu, Sikoyo and Akwanyi beat Bacar Chamsidine, Mounya Kamardine, Said Mohamed, 30-11. The ladies also won their final tripples game 45-11.
The men’s doubles also was won by Kenya’s Simiyu and Akwanyi who beat Bacar Chamsidine and Ibrahim El-Haya 60-16.
Tuesday was the grande finale for Kenya in the team relays. With two assignments on the card, win against an upcoming side-Burundi, and then wait for Uganda, a team that also had not lost in it’s pool, get them to a battle in a quest for an evenual winner.
It was a race for scores for both the men’s doubles and tripples, women doubles and tripples, that saw Kenya finally beat Burundi 60-41, but lost with an eight point- gap against host nation Uganda, 60-52 to the final whistle, Uganda claiming the most coveted Gold medal, Kenya settling for Silver.
Brijesh Sonigra’s charges will now head to Uganda’s capital city for the 2026 Kampala International badminton tournament, that already has been scheduled fo September 24 -27th at the Lugogo Indoor Stadium.
The World Badminton Federation ( WBF) championship will have players from Kenya , host nation Uganda, Myanmar, Luxembourg, India , Iran , south Africa, Sri Lanka , Algeria, USA and Malaysia to compete in five events; the Men Singles ( MS), Women Singles ( WS), Women Doubles ( WD), Men Doubles ( MD) and the Mixed Doubles ( XD).
