Kenya men's national basketball team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Kenya women's national basketball team.

Kenya national basketball team is the national men basketball team in Kenya. It is operated by the Kenya Basketball Federation (KBF).

Kenya

FIBA ranking	96 2 (1 March 2024)
Joined FIBA	1965
FIBA zone	FIBA Africa
National federation	Kenya Basketball Association
Coach	Cliff Owuor
Nickname(s)	Morans
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	0
AfroBasket
Appearances	4
Home Away

Former logo of the Kenya Basketball Federation

Kenya hosted the 1993 FIBA Africa Championship where the team beat Algeria by an 80-50 blowout and progressed to the semi-final on a point differential, its best performance to date.

History

Basketball in Kenya was started in Mang'u High School in the 1960s by the Marianist Brothers when Brother Frank Russell took over as Principal. He had previous experience in the USA as a sports master and basketball coach in several schools.

Kenya beat Africa's 11-time champion Angola 74–73 in the AfroBasket 2021 qualification in Yaoundé, Cameroon, hence booking a place at the African tournament for the first time since 1993.

In 2020, Kenya hired Australian Liz Mills as head coach, the first female coach in the Morans' history. She helped the team qualify for AfroBasket 2021, its first tournament in 18 years. Mills became the first female head coach to coach at an AfroBasket tournament.

In 2022, Kenya hired former national team coach Cliff Owuor for the 2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers. Under Owuor leadership the team went 0-6 in the first round of the qualifiers and failed to progress to the second round. Owuor will continue to lead the team for the 2023 FIBA AfoCan with the team automatically qualifying to the final round due to the team finishing runners up in the 2019 edition.

Kenya also has a u16 boys team and a u18 boys team that are also part of FIBA and the Olympic Committee. Kenyas u18 National Team is led by their team captain from Chicago, Illinois. His name is Iffi Kazmi, a 6’2 Guard that plays for Chi-Prep Sports Academy.

In July 2023 the team will compete in the 2023 AfroCAN tournament. They automatically qualified to the final stage by coming second in the 2019 edition but finished 6th in the final standings. The event was hosted in Angola.

Competitions

FIBA Basketball World Cup

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L
1950	Not a FIBA member
1954
1959
1963
1967	Did not qualify
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2019
// 2023
2027	To be determined
Total	0/20		9	0	9

AfroBasket

  Fourth place  

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L
1965	Did not qualify
1968
1970
1972
1974
1975
1978
1980
1981
1983
1985	Classification round	12th	6	0	6
1987	Did not qualify
1989	Preliminary round	11th	4	0	4
1992	Did not qualify
1993	Fourth place	4th	5	1	4
1995	Did not qualify
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2021	Round of 16	9th	4	1	3
2025	To be determined
Total	Fourth place	4th	19	2	17

African Games

• 1987 – 4th

FIBA AfroCan

  Runners-up  

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L
2019	Runners-up	2nd	5	4	1
2023	6th place	6th	5	2	3
Total	2/2	2nd	5	2	3

Team

Current roster

Roster for the AfroBasket Qualifiers 2025.

Kenya men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 3 Iffi Kazmi 17 – (2006-02-05)5 February 2006 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Chicago Prep Sports Academy PG 5 Griffin Ligare 36 – (1985-05-19)19 May 1985 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Nairobi City Thunder SG 6 Erick Mutoro 29 – (1992-05-29)29 May 1992 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Ulinzi Warriors G 7 Victor Bosire 32 – (1988-12-31)31 December 1988 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Ulinzi Warriors PF 8 Fidel Okoth 24 – (1996-10-24)24 October 1996 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Strathmore University SF 9 Tylor Ongwae 30 – (1991-07-15)15 July 1991 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Bakken Bears SF 10 Albert Odero 24 – (1997-06-21)21 June 1997 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys SF 11 Valentine Nyakinda 29 – (1992-03-16)16 March 1992 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Kenya Ports Authority C 12 Desmond Owili 33 – (1988-02-22)22 February 1988 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Kilsyth Cobras PF 13 Ronald Gombe 29 – (1992-07-21)21 July 1992 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) CB Villarrobledo C 14 Tom Wamukota 27 – (1993-09-28)28 September 1993 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Patriots BBC PF 15 Okall Koranga 31 – (1990-03-18)18 March 1990 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Kampala International University	Head coach Liz Mills Assistant coach(es) Collins Gaya Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 24 August 2021

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Tom Wamukota	Desmond Owili
PF	Fidel Okoth	Okall Koranga	Ronald Gombe
SF	Albert Odero	Valentine Nyakinda
SG	Tylor Ongwae	Erick Mutoro
PG	Victor Bosire	Griffin Ligare	Situma Khaemba

Head coach position

• Ronnie Owino – 1993, 2001–02, 2007, 2010
• Francis Ngunjiri – 2013
• Cliff Owuor – 2020
• Liz Mills – 2021

Past rosters

Team for the 2015 Afrobasket Qualification:

Kenya men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Philip Otieno Ameny – Situma Khaemba – Ariel Okall Okoll Koranga – Kevin Kigotho Macharia – James Maina Mwangi – Ali Salim Mzee – Valentine Onyango Nyakinda – Tobias Onyango Nyindha – Victor Otieno Odendo – James Kithinji – David Amiani – William Ochieng Otieno – Allan Christopher Odongo Ouma – Joseph Ouma – Blacio Owuor Owili – Ancetas Samuel Wafula – Noel Yoni Were Wanambiro – Griffin Ligare Wisyuba –	Head coach Francis Ngunjiri Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 19 August 2015

See also

• Kenya national under-19 basketball team
• Kenya women's national basketball team

External links

• FIBA profile
• Kenya Basketball Records at FIBA Archive