Over 25 universities have confirmed partaking at the event which enters its fourth edition this year.
Kenyatta University have emerged overall champions in two out of the three last editions.
University of Nairobi came in second, while Egerton University finished third at last year’s championships.
Kenyatta University will seek to extend their dominance when Kenya Universities Sports Association (KUSA) Women’s National Championships, now in fourth edition, head for Africa Nazarene University this weekend.
Teams comprising only female university student-athletes from both public and private universities will be in action during the two-day event.
The championships will see the higher institutions of learning take part in 16 sports disciplines; football, basketball, chess, scrabble, badminton, karate, tae-kwon-do, hockey, softball, handball, volleyball, tennis, table tennis, netball, athletics and swimming.
The championship is meant to celebrate the International Women’s Day whose theme is “Make it happen”.
Other universities that will take part in the championships are Moi University, hosts Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Africa Nazarene, Kenya Methodist, South Eastern University, Multi Media University, Kisii, United States International University- Africa, University of Nairobi, St Paul’s, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST), Egerton, Meru University College, Mt Kenya, University of Eldoret and Dedan Kimathi.
AUTHOR: SANDRA OBIRI.