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Basketball: Hope for Kayole as Bakee Mtaani launch Sh2.5million basketball ground

NBA standard basketball court in Dagoretti North. [Courtesy]

Aspiring basketball players from Kayole have a bright future after Bakee Mtaani on Wednesday launched the construction of Sh2.5 million basketball grounds at Umama grounds in Komarock along Kangundo road in Kayole, Nairobi.

A project started by the Jonathan Jackson Foundation who are the sponsored by FKF Premier League club Nairobi City Stars, Bakee Mtaani Program (basketball in the hood) is a revolutionary community initiative that introduces basketball courts as safe spaces within Nairobi’s informal settlements and communities.

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