The 20th edition of the Federation of East Africa Secondary Schools Sports Association( FEASSSA) games scheduled from August 17-27.

Schools from host nation Rwanda, Burundi, DR Congo, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, South Sudan and Zanzibar will gather in the country to compete in various sporting disciplines namely football, swimming, athletics, hockey, netball, rugby, volleyball, basketball, table tennis, badminton and lawn tennis.

The Competition aims at nurturing the “East African Spirit” by enabling secondary school students to visit different geographical sites in East Africa while also learning and being familiar with different cultures through sports contests. The contestants are the players from qualified school teams (2 teams in each discipline) among all member countries at the national level.

FEASSSA Games started in 2001 and are organized annually, rotating in all EAC Member States except in 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Rwanda became a member of FEASSSA in 2005 and since then has participated each year in the competitions and hosted FEASSSA four times as follows:

The 8th edition (2008) in Kigali
The 15th edition (2015) in Huye District
The 18th edition (2018) in Musanze District and
The 20th edition is to be held in Huye, and Gisagara Districts
The member countries of FEASSSA are Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Burundi, and South Sudan with the Head office in Nairobi, Kenya.