def load_cassandra_config(kong_config):
    """
    Return a host and port from the first contact point in the Kong configuration.

    :param kong_config: parsed Kong configuration
    :return: host and port tuple
    """
    cass_properties = kong_config["databases_available"]["cassandra"]["properties"]

    host, port = cass_properties["contact_points"][0].split(":")
    keyspace = cass_properties["keyspace"]

    return (host, port, keyspace)