The fall and fall of Kenyan hockey: What’s ailing once most revered sport

Kenya team warm-up before action against Uganda at Sikh Union, Parklands during an Africa Cup of Nations Test match. ON March 18, 2021. [Jenipher Wachie, Standard]

Kenya finished fourth at the 1971 International Hockey Federation (IHF) World Cup, her best position to date.

Nine years earlier, at the 1960 Summer Olympics, Kenya took position seven and would later clinch gold medal at the 1987 All African Games, staged in Nairobi.