Humphrey Kayange (born 20 July 1982) is a Kenyan former

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player and organic chemist. Kayange is known within the rugby sevens community, as he has produced some of the best performances for the Kenya national sevens side. He is a former captain of the team. He is a member of the

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(IOC).

Career

Kayange played for the military team Ulinzi RFC in the

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league. The team was later disbanded, and he moved to Mwamba RFC.Daily Nation, Buzz Magazine, 16 January 2009
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/ref> He was part of the Kenyan squad at the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens, reaching the semifinals. He was nominated for

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in 2009. Kayange has also played for the

Kenya national rugby union team The Kenya national rugby union team is also known as the ''Simbas'' (''simba'' is Swahili for 'lion'). Kenya competes in the Africa Cup and is ranked thirty-third in the World Rugby Rankings as of August 2022. Kenya is yet to qualify for the Ru ...

(15s), playing at the 2011 World Cup Qualifiers. He is the older brother of IRB Sevens World Series top try scorer

Collins Injera Collins Injera (born 18 October 1986) is a Kenyan rugby player. He holds the second place for number of tries scored on the World Rugby Sevens Series with 271. He is known for his achievements with Kenyan national rugby sevens team. Career In ...

who also plays for Mwamba RFC. Their younger brother Michael Agevi has also played rugby for the Sevens in the past. In 2010 Kayange was awarded the presidential Order of Golden Warriors (OGW) alongside his brother

, for their performance in the 2008/2009 IRB world series. In 2012 Kayange moved to Bristol, U.K. to undertake research into tenellin biosynthesis with Professor Christine L. Willis at the University of Bristol.Willis Research Group
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/ref> Kayange announced his retirement in October 2016 from the Kenyan rugby sevens team at the age of 34.

Honors

In 2021,

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inducted Kayange into its

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, alongside Osea Kolinisau,

Huriana Manuel Huriana Manuel-Carpenter (born 8 August 1986) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays for the Black Ferns, the New Zealand women's sevens team and Auckland. Rugby career Manuel was part of the Black Ferns squad that won the 2006 and ...

, Cheryl McAfee,

Will Carling William David Charles Carling (born 12 December 1965) is an English former rugby union player. He was England's youngest captain, aged 22, and won 72 caps from 1988 to 1996, captaining England 59 times. Under his captaincy, England won Five ...

and

Jim Telfer James Telfer (born 17 March 1940) is a Scottish former rugby union coach and player. As a player, he won 21 international caps in the amateur era, also having a career as a headmaster at Hawick High School and Galashiels Academy and Forrester H ...

References

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Rugby in Kenya
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kayange, Humphrey 1982 births Living people Kenyan rugby union players Rugby union centres Male rugby sevens players Sportspeople from Nairobi Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby sevens players for Kenya Kenya international rugby sevens players Kenyan International Olympic Committee members