Nderitu edged out 2018 champion Allan Oyende who won bronze as Ugandan Edgar Adongkara won silver in the three day event.
Nderitu won a record 25 games out of the 27 while Odongkara taking second place with 19 wins as Oyende recorded 18 wins where Kenya won gold in the team category with Zambia taking silver and Uganda taking the bronze prize.
“Our focus should on how we will defeated Nigeria and the rest of West Africa after conquering ECASA,” said.
Kenyan favourite Wenwa Akinyi was the second best lady after Ugandan Rose Kisembo.
Bernard Amuke, the Scrabble Kenya chairman said they achieved their target of sealing a hat-trick as they focus to World English Scrabble Players Association Championships (WESPAC) in Goa, India.
“We were given a scare by Uganda though the team managed to salvage the situation, it was a good performance where we had 6 players in the top ten, defended both the team and individual titles bearing in mind that our we didn’t field our best team due to lack of sponsorship,” said Amuke.
“Our target now is to prepare well for the next event in Uganda ensuring they field their best team and full squad.” added Amuke.