No funds for the Lionesses- Omwela

Kenya Rugby Union Chairman Richard Omwela has come out guns blazing defending the board after the Kenya Lionesses failed to travel to Dubai for the Dubai Sevens.

Omwela said that the board could not raise the required funds to send the team to the Dubai assignment.

According to Omwela, the women’s team is not well catered for in the sponsorship kitty they signed with a betting company, under two years ago.

The union boss said that the sponsorship deal worth Sh 607 million mainly caters for the men national sevens team.

“I can confirm that we are not able to support the national sevens women team to Dubai owing to lack of funds,” charged Omwela.

Kenya had received an invitation to play at the Dubai Sevens and was the lowest ranked team against the likes of New Zealand, England, South Africa and Fiji.

The team could have used the tourney as a platform of preparing for the Commonwealth Games.

At the same time, the rugby boss has said that they’re exploring the possibility of sponsoring the team to a tour of Hong Kong for a series of test matches should they mobilize required funds.

“We are looking forward to taking them to Hong Kong once we mobilize the necessary finances for them to able to participate,” he said.