Behind Every Try Is A Story
By Wanjiru Mureithi · 2026-09-04 · 8 MIN
From a borrowed pair of boots in Kakamega to a starting jersey. The long way round to the top of Kenyan rugby.
He did not own boots until he was seventeen. He owned a school jersey, two sizes too big, and a habit of running at people bigger than him.
The pitch was a slope. The posts were timber. The coach was a teacher who refereed with a whistle he bought himself.
The game does not stop at the whistle — and neither did he.
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