Rayon Sports leadership in a group photo. Some Rayon fanatics have even likened the club’s repeated leadership failures to “rats trying to dig hole, each one expects the other to do it and nothing gets done at the end.”
For fans of Rayon Sports, Tuesday, 25 November 2025, was another reminder of the club’s ongoing struggles. The Rwanda Governance Board (RGB) dissolved all leadership structures at the club and appointed Murenzi Abdallah as head of an interim committee, a move that mirrors the board’s intervention in 2020.
The problems at Rayon Sports go far beyond boardroom disputes. In recent months, tensions have grown between the Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Audit Committee, and Conflict Resolution Committee, leaving players unsettled, staff frustrated, and fans worried about the club’s future.
Some Rayon fanatics have even likened the club’s repeated leadership failures to “rats trying to dig hole, each one expects the other to do it and nothing gets done at the end.”
Murenzi, the former Mayor of Nyanza, is no stranger to the role. He served as interim president of Rayon Sports in 2020 and previously led the Rwanda Cycling Federation (FERWACY), stepping down amid controversies when an investigation over allegations of favouritism in decision-making, though the process was on ongoing in the cycling body.
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Eighteen members of Rayon Sports’ leadership met with RGB officials at the board’s headquarters on Tuesday. A statement signed by former Board Chair Paul Muvunyi and former Executive Committee head Thaddée Twagirayezu said all existing structures had been suspended and replaced by the interim committee.
The new team, which also includes Jean Baptiste Musabyimana, Olivier Gakwaya, Josée Akayezu, and Me Jean Bosco Nubumwe, has three months to overhaul the club’s regulations and set a clear governance framework. Supporters are hoping this intervention will finally bring stability to a club whose troubles now run deeper than its leadership.
