Rugby

Kenya Sevens National Team to have a new Shirt

 Kenya Rugby Union (KRU) has today unveiled Sport Betting firm Sportpesa as the official shirt sponsor of the Kenya Sevens national team.

This is after previous sponsor’s Kenya Airways the contract expires on Wednesday November 30th 2016.

Speaking today during the unveiling of the shirt, KRU Chairman Richard Omwela said that they were pleased with the sponsorship forged with Sportpesa and with this support the rugby team will scale even to greater heights.

Omwela also paid tribute to outgoing shirt sponsors Kenya Airways saying, “We appreciate the support Kenya Airways have accorded the Kenya sevens team and the KRU in general.”

He added that KRU will continue working with Kenya Airways  as the promotion of their destinations through rugby as a key to travelling base and  also as a sport tourism destination.

Omwela praised the collaborative support of Safaricom, KBL, General Motors, Dasani and Tatu City in sustaining long term development of Rugby in the country.

Sportpesa Chief Executive Officer Ronald Karauri said that they were proud to be the official shirt sponsors of Rugby sevens.

Karauri said that the players will be awarded bonuses based on their performance which is part of their deal. 

“If they win in any series, each player receives Ksh 6000,000 ( 6,000 dollars) , runners up  Ksh 300,000 (3,000 dollars),  Ksh 150,000 (1,500 dollars)  in the semis and Ksh 100,000 ( 1,000 dollars) in the plate final.

Sportpesa offered KRU Ksh. 607 million shillings deal in July that saw Sportpesa become partner in all its activities including the Kenya Sevens Men’s team.

The deal also covers the development of Kenya Simba’s, Kenya U19s, Kenya Lionesses and other youth programmes with the target of qualifying for the 2019 World Cup in Japan.

Sportpesa is a sport betting company in Kenya which provides both mobile and online platform for sports betting.