About Us

In 1992 the PE teachers registered Baseball and Softball as a Federation in 1992 under the leadership of Nahashon Akaranga as the Chairman and Solomon Gacece as the Vice Chairman.

In 1996, the Kenya National Sports Council advised that the two sports be registered and managed separately. Following this directive Softball and Baseball federations were registered separately with baseball being chaired by Solomon Gacece and Softball by Fridah Shiroya. Ms. Shiroya led Softball Kenya Federation until her retirement in 2016.

The first teams to play Softball in Kenya were the National Youth Service (NYS) and Makongeni Softball Team.

Locally it is affiliated to Kenya National Sports Council (KNSC) and the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC-K). Internationally it is affiliated to Africa Baseball and Softball Association (ABSA) and World Baseball and Softball Confederation (WBSC).

The national Softball women’s team has represented Kenya several times in the international arena. In 2005 the team participated in the Africa Olympics qualifiers in Harare Zimbabwe. In 2016 the women’s national team participated in the World Women Softball Championship held in Surrey Canada. On February 8th – 13th 2022, men national teams, that is, under 23 and the seniors had the privilege of representing Kenya in the world cup qualifiers in Pretoria, South Africa. On February 2023, Women National Team, represented Kenya in the world cup qualifiers in Gaborone, Botswana.

Softball Federation of Kenya started a national league in 2009 with 6 Teams. Currently the league has grown to 12 women and 12 men teams with majority coming from various universities around the country. The league is structured in a series format where teams earn points in each series. The teams with the highest points are the crowned winners at the end of the season.