US-based former Kenyan international Ben “Big Ben” Wanjara was in the country last week to help local stakeholders mobilise funds for Kenya men’s basketball team ‘Kenya Morans’ ahead of the first round of the qualifiers of continental championship Fiba AfroBasket. He was in the country last week to help mobilise funds for Kenya men’s basketball team ahead of Fiba AfroBasket qualifiers. Wanjara is keen to use his connections in the diaspora to assist the Morans and the Kenya Basketball Federation (KBF) to revive the sport. Photo credit: Philip Onyango | Nation Media Group“I am happy that the Kenya Basketball Federation has made the first step of appointing an independent board to run the national team. He then joined Railways basketball team whom he played for even after he had joined Egerton University in 1991 through to 1993 when he left to join Posta basketball team.

Source: Daily Nation August 26, 2020 05:48 UTC