Koyonzo’s Okwemba switches to Bokoli, vows to turn ‘participants into competitors’

Koyonzo High School’s long-serving rugby head coach, Eliud Okwemba, has officially joined Bokoli High after seven years at the helm of The Stommers.

Okwemba, a trained teacher, confirmed that his transfer was effected by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and will see him take up Kiswahili, religion, and rugby responsibilities at Bokoli.

“I have been transferred by my employer TSC from Koyonzo to Bokoli High. I arrived at Bokoli High yesterday and as I speak to you now I am officially a teacher at Bokoli Secondary”, Okwemba confirmed.

The coach, who helped Bungoma High clinch the 2016 national 15s title, has pledged to transform Bokoli’s rugby side from “mere participants” into serious contenders.

“I have found out that Bokoli High rugby team has been what we can call participatory in school games rugby but I want to change that narrative to become competitors and not participants,” he said.

“I am fully aware that Bungoma County has rugby heavyweights like Bungoma High who have managed to be first runners up in East Africa School Games, there is also Kibabii High, Kamusinde and Friends School Kamusinga but I have just come to bring competition in to this game,” he warned rivals in Bungoma County.

A highly decorated tactician, Okwemba guided Koyonzo to multiple titles, including the 2023 East Africa 7s crown. He expressed confidence that The Stommers will continue shining even in his absence.

“We have been at Koyonzo for the last seven years and we have managed to win a lot of titles including one East Africa and national titles and that’s what we have done. I leave behind experienced players who are so good and I would love to see them shining more”, Okwemba said