{"id":7640,"date":"2018-12-26T21:58:15","date_gmt":"2018-12-27T01:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/?p=7640"},"modified":"2019-04-14T22:21:33","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T02:21:33","slug":"kenya-at-the-2018-south-africa-sevens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/rugby-news\/kenya-at-the-2018-south-africa-sevens\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya at the 2018 South Africa sevens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was new coach Paul Murunga&#8217;s second outing. Kenya was still without veterans like Collins Injera, Willy Ambaka, Oscar Ouma and Bill Odhiambo who were not available for various reasons. In a further setback, Jeff Oluoch who had been the leading scorer a weak earlier in Dubai, suddenly left the camp. 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