The Kenya Cup is the tournament that features Kenya's top teams. It is played on a league system with the top two teams playing in the finals.  , among them Impala, Mwamba, Harlequins, Nondescripts , Mean Machine, Nakuru RFC , Mombasa Sports club and Ulinzi. The Eric Shirley shield A is contested by second tier teams. The Eric Shirley B has teams based in Western and Nyanza provinces. There are also two University leagues. The top team from the Eric Shirley shield A is promoted to the Kenya cup. The Enterprise cup is played on a Knockout basis and is contested by teams from all over the country and a couple from Uganda. The Super series is a tournament organized along the same lines as the SANZAR super series. It features 4 franchises consisting of amalgamations of various teams based in Nairobi, A Franchise consisting of College and University teams , two Franchises from teams based outside Nairobi, Two from Uganda and occasionally the Tanzanian national team.

 Top Fry Ndovu, winners of the 2013 Bamburi Super series

Several one days tournaments are organized by individual clubs. These include The Impala floodlit tournament which has more of a party atmosphere than a Rugby atmosphere. It is hosted by Impala RFC. Other tournaments include the Rift Valley ten a side tournament hosted by Nakuru RFC and Driftwood sevens hosted by Mombasa Sports club. 

Kenya like other third world countries continues to lag light years behind the top Rugby playing Nations. This is mainly due to lack of structured youth development. The lack of a professional league is also a key hindrance because part time players cannot hope to attain the fitness levels of professional players. Neither can they spend as much time sharpening their skills. The advent of professionalism starting in 1995 has widened the gap between Nations like Kenya and the advanced Nations such as England. Lack of a professional league also means that several of the countries' most talented players quit playing early either immediately after high school or in their early twenties, due to lack of incentive.

Kenya is however more adept at playing the sevens version of the game. Since 2004, Kenya has been a core member of the IRB sevens series. Kenya has also played in 3 successive sevens world cups and reached the semi finals of the 2009 sevens world cup.  They repeated the feat again at the 2013 sevens world cup. Outside of Soutg Africa, Kenya is  the best sevens team in Africa.

Kenya at the 2013 Rugby World Cup sevens

Mwamba RFC

Mwamba was formed in 1978 as Kenya's first independent team for indigenous Kenyan's. The teams all black strip was deliberately selected to counter the all white strip worn by Nondescripts RFC. Mwamba soon became Kenya's most popular team and soon a rivalry developed between Nondies and Mwamba. Mwamba was instrumental in the growth of the game in Kenya amongst Kenyans. It formed the backbone of Kenya's national team , among them Tom Oketch, Jimmy Owino, Arthur Kibisu, Andy Mwenesi and Pritt Nyandatt. The 2011 edition of Mwamba team has several national team players such as the free scoring Collins Injera, Humphrey Kayange and Horace Otieno and is well on its way to emulating the glory days of the 1980s.

Impala RFC

was formed in 1930 and is one of the oldest rugby clubs in Kenya. It was formed by ex-students of Prince of Wales school, now known as Nairobi school. Since its formation, it has been amongst the top teams in Kenya but most notably in the early 70s and in the early years of the new millenium.