Perhaps inspired by the dominant display of the Men’s team that earned both the World Cup and Commonwealth qualification on home-soil, Onen Charles’ team were determined to achieve a dream feat only to fall short in the semi-final.
Class act: Kenya medic who rescued stranded Lady Cranes with medical supplies in Tunisia wins hearts
Lady Cranes emerged fourth in the Africa Women’s 7s Rugby qualifiers held in Tunisia last weekend. However, the Lady Cranes had no medical supplies.
Shujaa Pride physiotherapist Ben Mahinda came to the rescue of the Uganda Lady Cranes in Tunisia.
Uganda started off brilliantly on the opening day registering wins against Zambia and Kenya to progress to the knock-out stages.
Away from the ups and downs in the field, the Lady Cranes found themselves between a rock and a hard place following the loss of its medical kit at the airport. For a physically demanding game, the urgency of medical relief cannot be ignored.
While Ugandans were chest thumping after winning against Kenya, the Shujaa Pride physiotherapist, in profound professionalism offered Uganda Lady Cranes Kenya’s medical supplies.
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The two tries from Charlotte Mudoola and Yvonne Najjuma were sufficient to give Uganda a 10-07 victory. To add salt to injury, Kenya also registered a red card.
However, Benjamin Mahinda stuck to medical ethics and professionalism. The certified rugby educator and physiotherapist is surely proof that the spirit of the East African Community is alive and kicking.
While neither Kenya nor Uganda will be heading to Birmingham, the class act by Mahinda will surely warm up hearts of the two teams that we have more similarities than differences.
Asante ndugu.
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