In a bid to the spread the game of Kho Kho to the rest of the country, the administrators of Uganda Kho Kho Federation conducted a successful capacity building training in Iganga Municipality, Eastern Uganda.
The training was for teachers of primary and secondary schools as well as a number of community coaches.
A total of 30 participants graced this training that was conducted by certified trainer and national team captain Sharon Oroma.
Iganga Municipality sports officer Ahmed Kongola facilitated and mobilized the participants.
“We are spreading the Kho Kho game to the different parts of Uganda with training of coaches and teaching the basics of the game. These will teach the game to the players. Iganga Municipality in Eastern Uganda is first with a successful training workshop. We shall continue to conduct other clinics elsewhere” Mustafa Nsubuga, the general secretary of Uganda Kho Kho Federation revealed.
Uganda female national team won bronze at the 2025 Kho Kho World Cup in India, held in January.
About Kho Kho sport:
Kho kho is a traditional South Asian sport that date to ancient India.
It is the second-most popular traditional tag game in the Indian sub-continent after Kabaddi.
Kho kho is played on a rectangular court with a central lane connecting two poles which are at either end of the court.
During the game, nine players from the chasing team (attacking team) are on the field, with eight of them sitting (crouched) in the central lane, while three runners from the defending team run around the court and try to avoid being touched.
Each sitting player on the chasing team faces the opposite half of the field that their adjacent teammates are facing.
At any time, one player from the chasing team (the ‘active chaser’/’attacker’) may run around the court to attempt to tag (touch) members of the defending team, with one point scored per tag, and each tagged defender required to leave the field; however, the active chaser cannot cross the central lane to access the other half of the field, and cannot change direction once they start running toward either pole.
The chasing team can get around these restrictions if the active chaser either switches roles with a sitting teammate (by touching them on the back while saying “Kho”) who is facing the other half of the court and therefore has access to it, or runs to the area behind either pole and then switches direction/half.
Each team has two turns to score and two turns to defend, with each turn lasting nine minutes. The team that scores the most points by the end of the game wins.
The sport is widely played across South Asia and also has a presence in other regions with a significant South Asian diaspora, such as South Africa and England.
It is played most often by school children, and is also a competitive sport.
The first franchise league for the sport, Ultimate Kho Kho was unveiled in India in August 2022.
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