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Chajira, Ouma return as Mwanja names Lionesses squad

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Kenya Lionesses 1 players celebrate after winning the 2021 Safari 7s tournament at Nyayo Stadium. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

Experienced forwards Sheila Chajira, Enid Ouma and Mercy Migongo return to the Lionesses squad that will do duty at the Rugby Africa Women's First Division Competition in Madagascar between May 18th-29th.

Chajira, who has been handed the captaincy, returns for the first time since the South Africa - Kenya clash in Stellenbosch in August 2021 and is one of 11 changes made by head coach Dennis Mwanja from the squad that won the 2022 Rugby Africa Women's Group B tournament in Kampala, Uganda.

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