Basketball has become Kenya’s fastest growing sport, thanks largely to the televisation of the National Basketball Association (NBA) games in Kenya. The Kenya National League is contested by teams from all over the country. Among the top teams include Co-operative bank, Ulinzi and Telecoms. Some of the best players past and present include "Big" Sam Omolle, Ronny Owino, Ben Wanjara and Mike Opel among others. On the womens scene some of the best players include Phoebe Orimba, Nasila Achieng and Alice Onono.

Here a Don Bosco player challenges a Barclays Eagles player

Kenya is represented in continental tournaments by both men and women teams and has consistently ranked among the top teams on the continent. In 1994, The Kenya womens team shocked highly rated Zaire in the Semi-final of the Africa Cup , thus qualifying for the women’s world championship. That remains Kenya’s best ever performance.

A number of Kenyan players have made into the rosters of division one NCAA schools in the US college basketball circuit.

Kenya’s basketball scene is however plagued by problems such as lack of finance and lack of adequate organization. Kenya boasts only two indoor basketball courts. Because there is no professional basketball league, Kenya cannot reach its full potential.