They trailed 0-10 at the break through tries from Jordan Edmunds and Harvey Elms before recovering to lead 12-10 through tries from Nelson Oyoo and Daniel Taabu with Tony Omondi adding a conversion before Kaleem Barreto and Ross McCann sunk Shujaa with late tries.
It was a close match between the two sides, Alvin Otieno eventually putting Shujaa ahead with an converted try for a 5-0 lead at the break.
Shujaa registered a second successive win to stay in medal contention in the rugby sevens competition at the Commonwealth Games with a comprehensive 45-0 victory over Jamaica in Pool D action at the Coventry Stadium on Friday 29 July 2022.
Shujaa have began their Commonwealth Games rugby sevens campaign with a 27-14 victory over African champions Uganda.
The Simbas missed out on automatic qualification after losing 36-0 to Namibia in the final of the Rugby Africa Cup on Sunday 10 July.
The 17-12 result saw Oilers build an unassailable lead, eventually closing out the circuit on 113 points, six clear of KCB who eventually claimed third place with a 21-14 victory over Strathmore to accumulate 107 points
Current circuit leaders Menengai Oilers, fresh from winning the Prinsloo 7s last weekend in Nakuru are seeded first in Kakamega and play out of Pool A alongside Masinde Muliro, Nondescripts and Vihiga Granites.
Nelson Oyoo skippers the team and is one of three survivors from the side that did duty at the 2018 Games in Gold Coast, Australia, the others being Willy Ambaka and Billy Odhiambo who makes his third consecutive Commonwealth Games squad, having first featured at the 2014 Games in Glasgow, Scotland.
This match was tense from kickoff, both sides tentative in the early phases of play before Steve Arunga reacted quickest to a loose ball, picking it up on the bounce to score with Dennis Abukuse converting as they took a 7-0 lead into the break.
