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     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 Wacu Wairimu Wacu 24.03.1985 174 59 299 286 Kenya Prisons
      2   Everlyne Makuto Makuto E. 25.08.1990 182 72 328 308 Kenya Prisons
      3 Trizah Atuka Trizah 14.04.1992 189 65 298 293 Kenya Pipeline Company
      4   Esther Wangeci Wangeci 22.11.1990 180 73 302 296 Kenya Pipeline Company
      5 Diana Khisa Diana 26.05.1987 180 75 305 300 Kenya Prisons
      6   Ruth Jepngetich Ruth 09.04.1990 186 74 194 199 Kenya Pipeline Company
      7 Janet Wanja Wanja 24.02.1984 175 60 299 287 Kenya Pipeline Company
      8   Violet Makuto Makuto V. 20.05.1993 167 65 298 290 Kenya Pipeline Company
      L 9 Elizabeth Wanyama Wanyama 27.05.1987 174 68 270 260 Kenya Prisons
      10   Noel Murambi Murambi 29.01.1989 178 68 302 297 Kenya Pipeline
      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 Chela 30.09.1989 181 71 302 299 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 Khayesi Kundu Kundu 24.04.1993 155 63 294 288 Kenya Pipeline
      17 Gaudencia Makokha Gaudencia Nakhumicha 15.11.1992 187 68 280 270 Kenya Pipeline Company
      18   Monica Biama Monica 24.03.1988 176 59 300 270 Kenya Pipeline Company
      19 Edith Mukuvilani Wisah 20.07.1994 184 72 298 292 Kenya Prisons
      20   Joy Lusenaka Joy 25.02.1991 177 69 302 290 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.