Boost Kenyan Basketball: Ochieng Champions Sponsors & Elite League

Ochieng explained that increased investment would allow clubs to recruit top players, improve competition, and pay athletes properly—pointing to Nairobi City Thunder as a club already benefiting from such backing with its roster of professional and high-caliber athletes. “If we get corporate sponsors, it will really help the league grow. We will be able to recruit high-quality players and the competition will be very competitive. It will also enable teams to pay their players well,” said Ochieng. “I know the federation has very good plans. They want to start a top league, which will consist of only eight top teams. It is a good idea that we should all embrace, and with that, the league will be very, very highly competitive in such a way that we will recruit foreign players to boost the team,” he said.