In 2012,
Kenya's captain
Aberdeen Shikoyi died on 29 May after an injury she sustained in a match against
Uganda. Kenya qualified for the
2016 Summer Olympics by winning the
2015 Women's Africa Cup Sevens. In 2019, despite coming second at the
Africa Women's Sevens, they qualified for the
Tokyo Olympics because South Africa declined their regional spot. In 2024, they competed in the
World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series; they were runners-up in the first round of the series which took place in
Dubai. They finished fifth overall at the
2024 Sevens Challenger Series and missed out on qualifying for the new
SVNS Play-off promotion and relegation competition in
Madrid. ==Tournament history==