{{Short description|Kenyan rugby union player (1976–2021)}} {{use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Benjamin Ayimba | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | native_name = Otieno | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = 27 August 1976 | birth_place = Kenya | death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|05|22|1976|8|21|df=yes}}<ref name=":death">{{Cite web|last=Abong'o|first=Robert|title=Former Kenya Sevens coach Benjamin Ayimba dead|url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/sports/rugby/2001413571/former-kenya-sevens-coach-benjamin-ayimba-dead|access-date=2021-05-22|website=The Standard|language=en}}</ref> | death_place = Africa | burial_place = Siaya, Kenya | citizenship = Kenyan | other_names = | occupation = Former rugby player and coach | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | spouse = Carolyne waswa Lois Taabu | children = Brian Ayimba Gabriel Ayimba Keenan Ayimba Eli Benjamin Ayimba | mother = Esther Ayimba | father = Joachim Ayimba }}
'''Benjamin Ayimba''' (27 August 1976 – 22 May 2021<ref name=":death"/>) was a rugby player and coach of the Kenya sevens rugby team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/5000090 |title=Benjamin Ayimba |work=Olympedia |access-date=24 June 2021}}</ref>
== Career == Ayimba played for Nondescripts RFC 2002 before moving to Cornish Pirates in England between 2003 and 2005. He played in the Kenya Sevens squad that featured in the 2001 and 2005 Rugby World Cup Sevens tournaments in Argentina and Hong Kong respectively. He also represented Kenya at the 1998, 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2002-06-05|title=Kenya look to odd couple|language=en-GB|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/commonwealthgames2002/hi/rugby_7s/newsid_1975000/1975480.stm|access-date=2021-05-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2002-08-02|title=Commonwealth 7s - Day 1 Round-Up|url=https://www.espn.com/rugby/story/_/id/15362549/commonwealth-7s-day-1-round-up|access-date=2021-05-22|website=ESPN.com|language=en}}</ref> He coached the Kenya national rugby sevens team between 2006 and 2011<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-05-29|title=South Africa edge Australia for Edinburgh title|url=https://africa.espn.com/rugby/story/_/id/15301695/south-africa-edge-australia-edinburgh-title|access-date=2021-05-22|website=ESPN.com|language=en}}</ref> and again between 2015 and 2016.
== Death == On 22 May 2021, Ayimba died from Cerebral Malaria.<ref name=":death"/>
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