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Governing body for rugby union in Kenya
Kenya Rugby Union
Sport
Rugby union Founded 1970 (1970 ) Rugby Afrique affiliation 1986 (founder member) President Alexander Mutai Thomas Odundo Men's coach
Jerome Paarwater Women's coach Dennis Mwanja Kolia Sevens coach Kevin "Bling" Wambua Website
www .kru .co .ke
Kenya Rugby Union (KRU ) is the governing body for
rugby union in Kenya . It was founded in 1970 and is affiliated to
Rugby Africa and the international governing body
World Rugby .
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KRU is responsible for the running of the
Kenya national rugby union team , domestic club and school rugby competitions. The union shares a home ground, the
RFUEA Ground in
Nairobi , with
Kenya Harlequin .
Origins
The Rugby Football Union of Kenya (RFU-K) was initially founded in August 1921 and became operational in 1923 with the formation of the first Nairobi clubs,
Nondescripts RFC and Harlequin RFC. In 1953 RFU-K was joined by the rugby unions of Tanganyika and Uganda to form the
Rugby Football Union of East Africa (RFUEA) in representing the colonies of British East Africa.
[2] RFU-K was dissolved in 1956, with already existing district unions dealing directly with RFUEA.
In 1970, the decision was made to merge the district unions and form the Kenya Rugby Football Union (KRFU) under the umbrella of the RFUEA.
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