TEAM COMPOSITION

KEN / Kenya

Team manager	David KILUNDO
Coach	David LUNGAHO
Assistant coach	Japheth MUNALA
Doctor	Paul MANGOLI
Physiotherapist	Sarah KARONGO

	No.	Name	Lastname	Shirt Name	Birthdate	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	Club
	1	Jane	Wairimu	Wacu	24.03.1985	174	60	300	285	Kenya Prisons
	2	Everlyne	Makuto	Makuto E.	25.08.1990	181	64	328	308	Kenya Prisons
	3	Triza	Atuka	Trizah	14.04.1992	188	65	298	293	Kenya Pipeline company
	4	Esther	Wangeshi	Wangeshi	22.03.1990	180	73	302	296	Kenya Pipeline Company
	5	Diana	Khisa	Diana	26.05.1987	180	72	305	300	Kenya Prisons
	6	Ruth	Jepngetich	Ruth	09.04.1990	186	74	0	0	Kenya Pipeline Company
	7	Jannet	Wanja	Wanja	24.02.1984	175	59	299	287	Kenya Pipeline Company
	8	Violet	Makuto	Makuto V.	12.03.1992	167	65	298	290	Kenya Pipeline Company
L	9	Elizabeth	Wanyama	Elizah	27.05.1987	174	68	270	260	Kenya Prisons
	10	Noel	Murambi	Murambi	29.01.1989	178	68	0	0	Kenya Commercial Bank
	11	Esther	Mwombe	Mwombe	12.05.1987	173	67	300	285	Kenya Prisons
	12	Lydia	Maiyo	Maiyo	03.11.1988	185	75	325	315	Kenya Prisons
	13	Joan	Kibor	Chelagat	30.09.1989	175	62	302	299	KENYA PRISONS
	14	Mercy	Moim	Moim	01.01.1989	183	72	320	308	Kenya Prisons
C	15	Brackcides	Khadambi	Blaque	14.05.1984	180	70	310	306	Kenya Prisons
L	16	Agripina	Kundu	Kundu	24.04.1993	165	66	294	288	Kenya Pipeline Company
	17	Gaudencia	Makokha	Gaudencia	15.11.1992	187	68	280	270	Kenya Pipeline company
	18	Monica	Biama	Monica	23.08.1988	176	59	300	270	Kenya Pipeline Company
	19	Edith	Mukuvilani	Edith	20.07.1994	184	73	305	298	Kenya Prisons
	20	Joy	Lusenaka	Joy	25.02.1991	180	62	302	290	Kenya Prisons
	21	Leonida	Kasaya	Kasaya	10.10.1993	168	67	297	292	Kenya Pipeline company

C=Captain L=Libero

Team profile

World Grand Prix rookies Kenya made their debut at elite level in the 1991 World Championship, where they finished 12th. They have since returned to the tournament on three occasions and competed at the World Championship five times.

The Kenyans made their Olympic debut at the Sydney 2000 Games and participated again at Athens 2004, finishing equal 11th both times. Algeria proved to be their nemesis in 2008 when they eliminated Kenya in their Olympic qualifying tournament. The same fate befell them in 2012 as the Algerians beat them to qualify as the sole African representative for the London Games. Kenya have won the African Championship eight times and been runners-up once. They claimed the gold medal at the All Africa Games in 1999 and took bronze in 2007.

One to watch at the World Grand Prix will be lead attacker Mercy Moim, who became the youngest player to represent her country in 2005 when she helped the team to African Championship glory. Since then she has established herself as the side’s key player and has been voted her country’s sports person of the year.

Coach profile

David Lungaho’s name has become synonymous with volleyball in Kenya. As a player, he represented his country from 1989 until 2011. As a coach, he has been at the reins of the women’s team since 2005 and takes them into the World Grand Prix as only the second African team to appear in the competition.

Lungaho has guided his charges to three African Championships. He also led the team’s campaigns at the World Championship in 2006 and 2010. Before taking on the top job he was the side’s assistant coach at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, when they finished equal 11th. A prison officer in his homeland, he has coached the Kenya Prisons team to five African Club Championships.