To improve, rugby union must learn to manage transition

The North American derby between USA and Canada in the final of IRB Sevens Series in Singapore brought into sharp focus Kenya’s failings. Canada, a nondescript side just three seasons ago, replaced Kenya as champions of Singapore by beating USA 26-19. In the two North American rivals were men, who once handled Kenya’s Sevens side. Coach Michael Friday for USA and Strength and Conditioning coach Chris Brown for Canada.
If the men along Ngong Road were honest with themselves, it should have been reported, or at least in private, that they headed straight to the lockers to look at themselves in the mirror. Your hunch is as good as mine. Nothing troubles the Ngong Road aficionados. Never mind that the person at the helm, Richard Omwela, is often touted as a person of integrity and selflessness every time an election comes around.
To many a rugby fan whose heart has known nothing but heartache in the IRB Series this season, integrity and calm counts for little.
Instead, Omwela who has presided over successive KRU boards that have been impervious to rational calls for stability and reasoned transition in coaching department, is fast becoming a symbol of hurt.

AYIMBA’S EXIT