How Blak Blad beat ‘lockdown’ after travelling to Kakamega

Kenya Cup side Blak Blad were forced to cut short their journey to Kakamega on route to face Kabras Sugar after President Uhuru Kenyatta announced the suspension of all sporting activities in the country and cessation of movement out of five counties.

The Kenyatta University side popularly known among rugby circles as Blak Blad embarked on their journey to Kakamega from Nairobi on Friday morning at 6 AM and by the time the President was making his Covid-19 update they had just checked into Kisumu.

Speaking to Mozzart Sport, Blad head coach Williams Motto explained that their aim was to get to the One Zoned Area of Nairobi, Nakuru, Kiambu and Kajiado where there is free movement within the counties.

“We were already in Kisumu but we were forced to turn back just after the President had issued the news, I called the KRU Chairman (Odour Gangla) to confirm if the fixture was cancelled then we began our journey to Nakuru.

“We could not risk travelling back all the way to Nairobi because we only had one driver who would have been fatigued so we wanted to get to the One Zoned Area then spend the night, we ended up getting to Nakuru some minutes before 10 PM,” said Motto.

The head coach was disappointed by the suspension of sporting activities after preparing his side adequately for the Kabras clash and just when his team had begun gathering some pace after drawing against Menengai Oilers, beating Mwamba and suffering a loss against KCB, the league was halted.

With the President also ordering the closure of schools, the Varsity team has been dealt a blow as they will not be able to conduct their training together. 

“Training is another headache I’m having, I’ll be sending the boys the program and I hope they will adhere to it because I’m not in a position to monitor them.

“I will probably have to classify them into groups of five and appoint a team leader who will be giving me reports. I also hope that the boys can be innovative and use readily available equipment as weights,” added Motto. 

The team departed Nakuru on Saturday morning on their way back to Nairobi.