{Rwandan teams have demonstrated good playing at the beginning of East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) games that commenced yesterday in Kigali.}
Only three EALA country members have participated at the beginning of the matches while Burundi and Tanzania teams had not shown up by yesterday.
The games were preceded by the meeting of organizers of the competition with representatives of EALA country members which participated. The meeting was meant to come up with common plans of making a good arrangement of games that put emphasis on unity and promoting awareness among peoples of the member states.
The competition began with a tug of war, won by Kenyan Female team, followed by Rwanda. In athletics, the 100 meter sprint was taken by a Kenyan, Isaac Melly emerged the first, a Rwandan, Gatabazi JMV emerged the 3rd.
Commenting on the absence of Burundi and Tanzania Daniel Fred Kidega, the EALA Speaker said that their absence is justified.
“The absence of Burundi can be understood, you know it is in political crisis. In Tanzania, the parliament has a new administration and has not yet normalized the situation. This is the reason behind their lateness as they are still organizing themselves,” her said.
Rwandan parliamentarian Mukazibera Agnes, said that the first day of the games has been successful adding that they will keep up efforts to show good performance.
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