it is a sunday in june 1997 and the george mwangi kabeberi memorial 7s is on at the nairobi railway club. kenya is playing, using the one-day event as preparation for the tusker safari 7s in a couple of week’s time. the squad is composed of sammy khakame, paul murunga, tolbert onyango, ken thimba, gordon anampiu, felix 'toti' ochieng', manuel okoth, steve gichuki & co. kisumu rfc are also present and the players on show are andrew okwaro, fred jura, frank ndong' steve oloo, issa matan issa, moses kola, tony lamba, job odonde and dan alego, gordon raila, felix oketch, bob bengo. two weeks before at the driftwood sevens in mombasa the lakeside outfit finished runners -up losing 19-7 to usiu-africa.