Fourteen teams in the men and women categories will feature in this year’s Genocide Handball Memorial Tournament, which is scheduled for June 4-5.

This year’s Genocide memorial handball tournament is expected to attract teams like Police from Uganda, men and women while Makerere University and Ngome from Tanzania will participate in the men’s category.

They will be competing against local teams like Police, APR, Kibogora, Nyakabanda, KIE and Kigoma. In women’s category, Rwanda will be represented by Gorillas Handball Club, Apega, Gs Mwendo, Hanika TSS, while Ceeals will represent Kenya.

The tournament is held in memory of the handball players, coaches and administrators that were killed during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.

Apart from competing on field, the participating teams will also visit memorial sites where they will be briefed about the consequences of bad leadership in light of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Every year national sports federations organize Genocide memorial tournaments.

Last year, APR overcame Ngome handball club of Tanzania 26-22 to win the men’s title, while APPEGA Gahengeri won the women’s title after defeating University of Rwanda’s College of Education 15-2 in the title decider.

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