Wekesa Soita replaces Edgar Obino at the lose-head prop position. Edgar Obino will start from the bench. The remainder of the front row remains unchanged from the 20-18 win against Strathmore. Joshua Matasi starts at hooker. Anthony Orege starts at tight-head prop. Davis Makori’s availability has been confirmed. He starts at left lock. He partners with a consistent Shem Joseph who will has started in all the Resolution Impala Saracens Floodies 2018 fixtures this year. Elvis Oroko is not involved in competitive rugby this weekend. His exclusion brings in an agile Steve Shammah. Shammah’s inclusion necessitates the following positional changes. Joel Omer starts at blind-side flanker. Tyson Okoth plays on the open-side & Shammah watches over scrum proceedings at 8th man. National team commitments will keep Samson Onsomu out of local competition. His absence is filled by Xavier Kipng’etich, the youthful Kenya XV scrum-half who narrowly missed out on the plane to Repechage. Sammy Oliech’s absence at fly-half is filled by Mark Kwemoi who was 2017 National Sevens Circuit Most Valuable Player. The technical bench has opted to maintain the rest of the starting back-line. Billy Omondi starts on the left wing. Paul Mutsami & Anthony Nyandigisi partner in midfield. Quinto Ongo takes care of the right wing and Richard Sidindi starts at fullback.
Starting XV
1. Wekesa Soita
2. Joshua Matasi
3. Anthony Orege
4. Davis Makori
5. Shem Joseph
6. Joel Omer (C)
7. Tyson Okoth
8. Steve Shammah
9. Xavier Bett
10. Mark Kwemoi
11. Billy Omondi
12. Paul Mutsami
13. Anthony Nyandigisi
14. Quinto Ongo
15. Richard Sidindi
Replacements
16. Daniel Ndome
17. Edgar Obino
18. Rainer Omondi
19. Erick Kerre
20. Bernard Rotich
21. George Okowa
22. Derrick Mayar
23. Kelvin Ronnoh
