Ulinzi Warriors

Ulinzi Warriors
Nickname	Soldiers
Leagues	KBF Premier League
Location	Moi Air Base, Eastleigh, Nairobi, Kenya
Chairman	SN Saidi
Team manager	Stephen Bartilol
Head coach	Bernard Mufutu
Ownership	Kenya Defense Forces
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The Ulinzi Warriors are Kenyan a basketball club based in Moi Air Base in Eastleigh, a suburb of Nairobi. The club is affiliated with the Kenya Defence Forces and is often nicknamed Soldiers. The Warriors are eight-time national champions of Kenya, trailing only KPA for holding the record of most championships.

The Warriors are a regular member of the KBF Premier League, however, the team was folded in 2007 but returned in 2012. ^[1]

Honours

KBF Premier League

• Winners (8): 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2015, ^[2] 2019 ^[3]
  • Runners-up (2): 2014, 2018

Players

Current roster

The following is the Ulinzi Warriors roster for the 2022 BAL Qualifying Tournaments. ^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Ulinzi Warriors roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name PG 4 Khaemba, Situmba 5 Menya, Tiberous G 6 Bosire, Victor 7 Mwangi, James 8 Ouma, David 9 Wafula, Ancetas 10 Okumu, Joshua SG 11 Mutoro, Erick SF 12 Nyakinda, Valentine 13 Phillip, Antonio 14 Otieno, William 15 Wasilwa, Byron	Head coach William Balozi Team manager Stephen Bartilol Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: October 31, 2021

References

1. "Ulinzi Warriors". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
2. "ULINZI WARRIORS CROWNED: But soldiers insists Basketball title was theirs to lose after eliminating KPA". The Standard. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
3. "Ulinzi Warriors win basketball title". Daily Nation. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
4. "Ulinzi Warriors at the ROAD TO BAL 2022 2021". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 31 October 2021.