In Summary
- Kenya Sevens players receive major cash reward
- The Team Made a triumphant return to the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series.
- Shujaa qualified for the HSBC SVNS Series main event on Sunday
The Sports Cabinet Secretary, Ababu Namwamba, presented a check for Ksh 5.7 million to honour the Kenya Sevens team.
Kenya Sevens players and members of their coaching staff will each pocket Ksh300,000 following their return to the World Sevens Series.
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Shujaa’s Dinner
Shujaa’s were hosted to dinner by the Sports Ministry and the National Olympics Committee of Kenya on Wednesday night after which the squad and technical bench was rewarded with Ksh5.7 million to be distributed equally amongst themselves.
“We recognise the value of motivation thus the government is rewarding the team with Ksh5.7 million. This cannot quantify the sacrifices made by the team, but it is a token of appreciation and motivation to say, it can only get better in Olympics,” said Sports CS Ababu Namwamba
“The success of these team is a result of great effort behind the scenes. I stand here as a proud and grateful CS for Sports for everyone’s input. I cannot thank enough the fans who travelled all the way round the Challenger Series to support the team.”
Kenya Sevens Return to HSBC
Kenya’s return to the World Rugby Sevens Series marks a significant comeback after being relegated last year .
The team’s journey back to the top tier of rugby sevens has been met with Congratulatory messages with majority celebrating the team’s resilient spirit
Some messages are captured below
‘’Congratulations for raising the flag high. Let’s go.’’
‘’Best rugby team in history this side of the Sahara! Congrats boys’’
‘’Congratulations boys well deserved we really missed the HSBC world series time to bring back our old glory’s’’
Shujaa qualified for the HSBC SVNS Series main event on Sunday after coming from behind to thrash Germany 33-15.
