Kenya plans big bash for rugby heroes

Kenya Rugby Sevens national team face off Fiji the at the HSBC Singapore 7s. The  team will touch down this afternoon at 2:30pm at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi. (PHOTO: COURTESY)

The Kenya Rugby Sevens national team will touch down this afternoon at 2:30pm at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi. On location to receive the world conquerors will be a retinue of Government dignitaries led by Kenya’s Sports, Culture and the Arts Cabinet Secretary Hassan Wario, Sports Development Principal Secretary Richard Ekai Titus, Kenya Airways (sponsor) Chief Executive Officer Mbuvi Ngunze and the Kenya Rugby Union (KRU) Chairman Richard Omwela.

There will be song and dance courtesy of various traditional dancers as the country conducts a rare fete for the champions. Upon leaving the Airport, a convoy of top-of-the-range motor vehicles will drive the jubilant players along Mombasa Road through to Ole Sereni Hotel, where the team’s sponsors, Kenya Airways, will host the boys to a luncheon at the  hotel’s poolside from 3.30pm.