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After Treu’s exit, Kenya rugby heads for decline

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National rugby sevens players Muga Leonard, Bush Mwale and assistant coach Felix ‘Toti’ Ochieng’ when the team returned from the HSBC Rugby Series leg in Gold Coast in Australia last year. [PHOTO: DAVID GICHURU]

Following Paul Treu’s shock resignation on Thursday, be prepared for the permanent demise of Kenya rugby as we know it.

Money and the rapid expansion of the sport has meant that the rot being witnessed in the Kenya Rugby Union (KRU) has finally come to the surface after simmering for the last few years. From directors taking advantage of their positions to enrich themselves to power struggles between two factions of the senior management, the resignation of Treu has shown how deep rooted the problems are at the Ngong Road headquarters.

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