KESPA was founded in 1990 and its now been 20 years in
competitive scrabble. The world championships were started in 1991 with the
championship being held every two years, the 1st was in UK, the
second in USA, the third in UK the fourth in USA and the fifth in last year was
in Malaysia.
As a country, Kenya has had very good rankings in the world
championship. In 1995 Kenya was ranked No. 1 in the world. There are 12 or more
national competitions in our yearly calendar being held in various cities in
the counties such as Nairobi, Machakos, Nakuru, Murang’a, Busia and Eldoret.
Regional championships for Africa are held every year and
the worst Kenya has ever been ranked is No. 2, in the East and Central African
championship Kenya has always been ranked No. 1 (In this year’s E.A.
Championship positions 1-7 were taken up by Kenyans.
We appealing to have this game brought to schools though its
already in colleges and Universities such as Kenyatta University which is under
training with one of our regional champions David Kangethe. Recently there were
regional Inter-varsities at Kenyatta University and the hosts (KU) took the
gold.
Scrabble is part recreation and part an extension of
education with a build up of English vocabulary.
