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Countries that have hosted the East Africa Schools’ Games, FEASSSA

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The East Africa Games brings together secondary schools’ students from six countries in the region to participate in the championship whose main objective is integration. Inaugurated in 2002, the FEASSSA championship is the largest and most popular schools’ games in the East African Region. The games are coordinated by the Federation of East Africa secondary schools Sports Associations, FEASSSA, secretariat. The countries that feature in the FEASSSA games include: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan.

Participants compete in such disciplines as: Soccer, Basketball, Volleyball, Handball, Netball, Rugby 15’s, Rugby 7’s, Hockey, Badminton, Table Tennis, Lawn Tennis, Swimming and Athletics. The annual championship, which goes down in the month of August, is rotational among the East Africa Countries.

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File photo- Kenya’s soccer queens, Kwale, walk into the field for one of their matches during this year’s FEASSSA games in Musanze, Rwanda. Kwale defeated Uganda’s Kawempe to lift the FEASSSA trophy.

Here is a list of  previous FEASSSA Games’ hosts:
  1. 2002: Kenya (Nairobi)
  2. 2003: Uganda (Kampala)
  3. 2004: Kenya (Mombasa)
  4. 2005: Uganda (Mbarara)
  5. 2006: Tanzania (Dar Salaam)
  6. 2007: Kenya (Kisumu)
  7. 2008: Rwanda (Kigali)
  8. 2009: Uganda (Fort Portal)
  9. 2010: Kenya (Nakuru)
  10. 2011: Uganda (Mbarara)
  11. 2012: Burundi (Bujumbura)
  12. 2013: Uganda (Lira)
  13. 2014: Tanzania (Dar Salaam)
  14. 2015: Rwanda (Huye)
  15. 2016: Kenya (Eldoret)
  16. 2017: Uganda (Gulu)
  17. 2018: Rwanda (Musanze)

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File Photo: FEASSSA Secretary General, Mr. David Ngugi from Kenya, inspects a volleyball players’ parade before match kick off during this year’s (2018) games in Musanze, Rwanda.

Tanzania (Mwanza) is expected to host the 2019, 18th Edition, of the games.

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FEASSSA President, Mr. Justus Mugisha (Right) and Organising Secretary, Chris Mugisha (Left), follow proceedings at Ubworoherane stadium during this year’s (2018) East Africa games in Musanze, Rwanda.

FEASSSA Executive Committee Members.

This is the powerful group steering the FEASSSA games:

  • President: Justus Mugisha (Uganda)
  • Patron: Chacha C. Mwita (Kenya)
  • Vice President in Charge of Administration: Paterne Rwigema (Rwanda)
  • Vice President in charge of Technical matters: Kariuki Gekonyo (Kenya)
  • Secretary General: David Ngugi (Kenya)
  • Assistant Secretary General: George Omondi (Kenya)
  • Treasurer: Patrick Okanya (Uganda)
  • Organising Secretary: Chris Mugisha (Uganda)
  • Publicity Secretary: Vitalis Shija (Tanzania)
  • Members:
    • Fr. Innocent Gatete (Rwanda)
    • Peter Orero (Kenya)
    • Hajji Kitezaala Twahil

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Good news for Air travellers as Jambojet announces start of flights to Kigali, Rwanda

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Regional low-cost carrier Jambojet has received approval from the Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority to start flights to Kigali.

The approval means that the airline can begin operations to the destination as part of its regional expansion strategy.

“We are pleased to have received this approval. Kigali is one of the routes we have been pursuing in our expansion plan. Once we have everything in place, we will begin operations,” said Vincent Rague, Chairman, Jambojet.

Additionally, the airline has acquired a brand new De Havilland Dash 8 – Q400 aircraft.

The new aircraft brings to six, the total number of airplanes operated by Jambojet. It is also the first of four aircrafts that are expected this year to boost the airlines capacity as it looks to soar into more African destinations.  

Jambojet Chief Executive Officer, Allan Kilavuka said: “We are excited about our growth prospects in the region. We have an aggressive plan to fly to more African destinations and this is why we are expanding our fleet.”

“The addition of this aircraft to our fleet brings the average age to 3.7 years, making us the airline with the youngest fleet in Africa and possibly across the world,” he said.

Currently, the airline flies to five local destinations namely Malindi, Ukunda, Mombasa, Kisumu, Eldoret and one regional destination -Entebbe, Uganda -from its hub in Nairobi. It also flies to Bujumbura, Burundi on behalf of the national carrier.

Jambojet Chairman, Vincent Rague said: “The African aviation sector has an opportunity to grow. More players are coming on board but there is space for everyone and we will continue to take advantage of our low-cost model and safety standards.”

The International Air Transport Association’s data shows that low-cost carriers account for about a quarter of all flights internationally, but less than 10 percent in Africa.

Recently, Jambojet was awarded the coveted IATA Operational Safety Audit certification (IOSA), an internationally recognised and accepted evaluation system designed to assess the safety, operational management and control systems of an airline.

The airline was also ranked top airline in Africa with the youngest fleet in a report by global aviation intelligence provider, ch-aviation.