Kenya Kabaddi Premier League · Season 2 champions
Kenya Kabaddi Union
Kenya’s national kabaddi federation. We run the Kenya Kabaddi Premier League, pick the national teams — champions of Africa in 2024 and 2026 — and train the country’s referees and coaches.
Men’s final · 19 July 2026
Women’s final · 19 July 2026
Kenyan kabaddi in numbers
- Clubs in Season 2 — 14 men’s and 6 women’s
- 20
- League matches in Season 2, every one streamed live
- 244
- Spectators at the Season 2 finals, Kasarani
- 3,332
- County kabaddi unions registered with KKU
- 26
What’s next
Season 3 starts in late January 2027
Alongside it, KKU launches the KKPL Division Two Super League: a second tier, so emerging clubs have a structured route into the Premier League. Clubs that want a place in either should talk to the Union now.
- Season 2 ran
- 17 Aug 2024 – 19 Jul 2026
- Format
- Double round-robin, then playoffs
- Home of the league
- Kasarani, Nairobi
- Broadcast
- Every match live on YouTube
Latest from the Union
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- Kenya Kabaddi Union Engages in Key Anti-Doping Meeting KKU’s Secretary General and CEO met the Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya in Westlands on 10 September 2024. The Union
- RDU Climbs Back into Top 6 in Kenya Kabaddi Premier League Standings After match week 4 of Season 2, RDU are back in the top six, Kasarani Lions are third, and Black Falcons and Githurai remain unbeaten. League
- Kenya Kabaddi Appoints Martin Maitethia Ndegwa as Head Coach for Africa Kabaddi Championship Kenya Prisons coach Martin Maitethia Ndegwa is named national head coach, alongside Phelix Opana, for the Africa Kabaddi Championship in Nairobi. National teams
- Bangladesh Clinches Bangabandhu Cup Title, Kenya Secures Third Place Bangladesh beat Nepal 45–31 for a fourth title. Kenya finished third. National teams
National teams
Champions of Africa, twice running
- 2026Africa Kabaddi ChampionshipChampions
- 2025Africa Women Kabaddi ChampionshipRunners-up
- 2024Africa Kabaddi ChampionshipChampions
- 20244th Bangabandhu CupThird place
The clubs
15 men’s and 7 women’s clubs on the Union’s register — from university sides to the Rapid Deployment Unit.
New to kabaddi?
Seven a side. One raider. One breath.
A raider crosses into the other half, tags as many defenders as they can and gets back before the chain of defenders brings them down. It needs no equipment beyond a mat or a marked field, which is why it is growing in Kenyan schools.
Working with
Organisations KKU has run courses, championships and anti-doping education with.
