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The names Keziah Achieng, Mary Musieka, Linet Moraa and Dorcas Ocholi will certainly not ring any bell in your mind. Perhaps this is because they sound like those of the girl next door.
But these are some of the members of the women’s national sevens rugby team, in whom we have placed lots of hope, as they prepare to go to the IRB 2014/2015 World Sevens Series.
The women will square it out with Japan, China, South Africa, Brazil, Fiji, France and the Netherlands, among others, in the qualifying stages. Well, the rival countries are all big, if not the best in the game across the globe.
If it were Shujaa, the men’s equivalent led by the likes of Humphrey Khayange and Collins Injera, For the Love of the Game would not put this special request to you because the boys have experience.
But the girls need your prayers, very heavy ones, if you know what I mean. They have not been in such a tough competition before, and thus need more than experience come September 12 when the games begin.
Looking at the girls, they have the zeal and skills to beat their opponents and reach the apex of the games. In fact, if we treat them nicely, they might just steal the bragging rights from their brothers at the world stage, and that is what should happen if we are to develop the game.
