Shujaa team huddle before the game against Ireland [Courtesy-World Rugby]
Interestingly, Kenya's problems did not start this year, but it has been a ticking time bomb after the country came close to relegation during the 2018/2019 Series when the country finished 13th with 37 points, two places above relegation.
Instead of taking survival as a warning to prepare for the future, change seems to be a painful pill for the Kenya Rugby Union (KRU) to take.
Shujaa's relegation woes started at the beginning of the 2022-2023 season.
Last year in November, Kenya Sevens resorted to begging for funds from Kenyans ahead of the second leg of the series played in Dubai
Considered as one of the country's assets on the global stage, the Shujaa players came out to reveal how a lack of finances was threatening to kill the game.
According to senior players William Ambaka and Billy Odhiambo, Shujaa had not been paid their dues for months, making their lives unbearable both on and off the field.
The earlier financial challenges saw Kenya fail to go past the quarter-final stage of any tournament after poor results in the series.
Kenya had collected only one point at Hong Kong twice and Los Angeles Sevens, with the highest being seven points at Hamilton, Vancouver and Singapore.
Kenya became a core member of the IRB Sevens circuit in 2004.
Unlike the national football, cricket and athletics bodies, Kenya Rugby Football Union (nowadays known as Kenya Rugby Union) did not receive support from the International Rugby Board, impeding investment in a countrywide developmental program, and relied on the school network for their players.
In Shujaa's first season as a core member of the circuit, the star player was Oscar Osir who was a swashbuckling winger with pace.
Osir together with the late Benjamin Ayimba, Dennis 'Ironman' Mwanja, Ted Omondi among others- led Kenya into their first season as a core team.
Shujaa's Herman Humwa (right) in action during Dubai Sevens.[Courtesy-World Rugby]
Shujaa went through a steep learning curve on the international scene. It was not until Ayimba's appointment as coach in 2009 that Kenya shed off its tag as the whipping boys of the circuit.
In his first season as coach, Kenya reached the semi-finals seven times out of nine and the final once. Collins Injera became the World Series top try scorer while his brother, Humphrey Kayange was nominated as IRB Sevens player of the year in 2009.
The Ayimba-led team reached the semi-finals of the Sevens World Cup at the end of that season.
Ayimba's next two seasons were not as impressive as the first, and neither was his replacement, Mitch Ocholla's sole season in 2011-2012.
Under pressure, KRU took their search for the next Shujaa coach abroad. In came English man Mike Friday, who lead the team for only one season. The side finished 5th in the standings.
The next season saw the return of Benjamin Ayimba at the helm, a reign that culminated in Kenya's first ever main cup win, at the Singapore Sevens in April, 2016.