Twelve year old Abdulrahman Hassan Daud won the second edition of the Nyanza regional Quran competition held in Kisumu over the weekend.
Daud, a pupil from Madrassatul Muawadh bin jabal beat fifteen other competitors to emerge victorious in the memorization of the Holy book.
Hassan Ibrahim,13 and Abillahi Issack aged 11 scooped second and third positions respectively.
The annual event which was organised by Hass charitable Trust is meant to promote the reading of Quran amongst children below 15 years during the holy month of Ramadhan.
"We intend to instill discipline among the young children through the memorization of the holy book during the month. We are targeting children from 8 to 15 years," said Abdi Jamaa, Trust's regional coordinator
Jamaa said they had already put in place plans to hold the event nationally by registering competitors from all 47 counties.
" We call upon all madrassa teachers to prepare the children in advance for a major competition next year that will include more participants from different parts of the country," he said.
The competition attracted over 500 participants drawn from different madrassas within Kisumu County.
Among the rules of the competition was for every participants to recite at least five different chapters from the holy Quran.
The judges randomly picked verses and chapters from the Quran for the competitors to continue reciting the missing words.
Jamaa said, " It is never easy to memorize all the 144 suras or chapters of the holy book and for one to do so he must read day and night".
The winners of the competition received cash prizes of fifteen and ten thousand respectively.
