The Minister of Homeland Security who is also the legislator for Nkhatabay South has commended the youth in his Constituency for being active and eager to develop their talents. He was speaking at the end of the the Ken Zikhale Ng’oma football and Netball tournament that saw teams compete for a K6 million kwacha mega prize.
During the tournament Medina Stars emerged winners in the football category after beating Hauten by 5 goals to nil. The tournament took place at Tukombo in the district.
In sharing the winnings Medina went home with K1.2 million kwacha while the losing finalists went home with K600 thousand kwacha. Hon Zikhale also made sure that every participating team goes home with a participation price.
In the netball category, Brazil Sisters emerged winners after defeating Tukombo Sisters by 40 to 29
Hon Zikhale said he wa satisfied with how the tournament went on and that a lot of talent was on display that have the potential to be developed further and get big clubs scouting for them.
Zikhale said it was his wish to follow what President Chakwera wants ,which is to develop sports from the grassroots so that Malawi can produce enormous talent to help the country achieve great things on international scale.
