Kabras coach Katywa slams Rhinos' high performance camps

Kabras Sugar Head Coach Carlos Katywa has expressed his disappointment with the selection of rising star Jackson Siketa, to join Rhino’s high-performance camp in South Africa.

According to Katywa, despite the program recently incorporating some players from various clubs in Kenya, it has not proven to improve their quality.

“This Rhino thing, we as Kabras are not really aligned with it. I don’t know where it’s coming from; we keep hearing our players are being selected but because we don’t want to stand between players getting opportunities elsewhere, we overlook but to be honest it’s a waste of time.

"We don’t play 10s rugby we play 15s and 7s; they go there to train 10s for five or seven months and they come back here and there is nothing they’re doing there that they (players) are not getting here. There is no major difference they bring back, no impact to the club. For me it's a major waste of time," a clearly upset Katywa.

The South African tactician has taken issue with the lack of proper approach by the selectors, saying he learned of his player’s selection on the internet.

“I would like to know who is selecting these players and why they don’t talk to their coaches. If they really want to do something about these players, why are we not included in this communication.”

“My question is, you’re selecting a player from my team but you’re not talking to me, how are you gonna get what you’ve been told about this player, on how good he is, and the weaknesses that you want to improve on?”

The elite program recently picked Kabras Sugar’s rising star Jackson Siketa, Impala’s Andrew Matoka, Kisumu RFC’s David Williams and Mwamba’s Dennis Ndayala to join the camp that will run until May, 2025.