Enterprise Cup
| Enterprise Cup | |
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Current season or competition:: 2015 Enterprise Cup
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| Sport | Rugby union |
| Formerly known as | East Africa Inter-District Championship |
| Instituted | 1929 |
| Inaugural season | 1930 |
| Nations |
 Kenya Colony(1930–1963) Kenya(1964–present)  Tanganyika(1930–1963) Tanzania(1964–2009) Uganda Protectorate(1930–1963) Uganda(1964–2009)
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| Holders |
Kenya Commercial Bank RFC (2015)
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| Most titles |
Nondescripts RFC (Including 1 shared, 25 titles)
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| Related competition | Mwamba Cup |
The Enterprise Cup is an annual rugby union competition in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, though the competition frequently has the appearance of being an all-Kenyan affair as the majority of rugby clubs in the African Great Lakes region are based in this one country and frequently clubs in Tanzania and Uganda are unable to take part due to financial constraints. The original cup was donated by sailors from the HMS Enterprise, who had toured British East Africa in 1928. The only years in which the competition has not been played is between 1940–1946 due to World War II and in 1987 because an international rugby competition was held on RFUEA Ground as part of the All Africa Games.
HMS Enterprise was launched on 23 December 1919, and commissioned on 7 April 1926. At the end of her first commission with the 4th British Cruiser Squadron on the East Indies station she was ordered home via Mauritius and the main ports of East Africa. She pulled into Kilindini Harbour ten days before the arrival of Edward, Prince of Wales and his younger brother the Duke of Gloucester on the SS Malda who had arrived in British East Africa to undertake a semi-official visit to Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika, to participate in some big-game hunting and to enjoy the infamous delights of the Happy Valley set. A launch from Enterprise ferried the royal party ashore and over the next 36 hours the senior officers were invited to participate in various functions before the departure of the two princes for Nairobi the next evening on the overnight train.
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