Kakamega Homeboyz: Football Club History, FKF Cup Win, Bukhungu and Fans

Kakamega Homeboyz are a football club from Kakamega in western Kenya, founded in 2010, whose history includes promotion to the Kenyan top flight in 2013, Kenya’s top soccer division. They won the FKF Cup in 2023, earning a place in the 2023/24 CAF Confederation Cup. Their 2023/24 continental campaign connected Kenyan club football with opponents from Libya.

Follow Homeboyz through the live modules: the table tracks their league campaign, fixtures identify venues and the squad records registered players.

Who Are Kakamega Homeboyz, the Club of Western Kenya?

Kakamega Homeboyz were founded in 2010 and are based in Kakamega, Kenya. The club has supporter branches in Kakamega, Nairobi and Kampala.

Where Do Homeboyz Sit in the Kenyan Premier League?

Homeboyz’s position this season belongs in the updating league table, where each completed fixture feeds into their campaign record. Compare their points with their goal difference, using the linked competition rules to understand how level totals are separated. South African followers can read that table as the log, with Homeboyz’s scoring and conceding figures adding context to their points. The results sequence alongside Homeboyz provides a compact guide to recent matches. For a historical anchor, Homeboyz finished 7th in the 2022-23 season, the same campaign in which they won the FKF Cup.

How Do You Follow Homeboyz Fixtures, Results and the Table From Africa?

The Kakamega Homeboyz fixtures listing pairs each opponent with a date, ground and start time, then records the score once the match is complete. A Homeboyz match scheduled for 3pm EAT in Kakamega also starts at 3pm in Kampala; viewers elsewhere can use noon GMT in Accra, 1pm WAT in Lagos and 2pm SAST in Johannesburg. For Homeboyz viewing options, check the fixture’s country listing against the broadcast coverage available where you live.

How Is the Homeboyz Squad Set Out?

Homeboyz’s squad module groups registered players by position and identifies the head coach, with registration changes reflected in its entries. The names most linked with the club's history come from the 2023 cup winning season, when Patrick Odhiambo was head coach and Moses Mudavadi was captain. That side also had Kevin Amwayi, who scored the winner in the FKF Cup final, and Moses Shummah, who scored twice in the semi final.

What Have Kakamega Homeboyz Won?

The headline honour is the FKF Cup, won on 1 July 2023 with a 1-0 victory over Tusker FC at Kasarani Stadium in Nairobi, where Kevin Amwayi scored the only goal. The route to the final ran through AFC Leopards in the last four, and Homeboyz won that tie 2-1. Moses Shummah scored both goals, the second coming within two minutes of the first, which, it could be argued, is the kind of quick double that turns a cup run into a campaign people remember. Beating two of Kenya's best known clubs in succession gave the win real weight.

What the cup led to mattered just as much. Winning the 2023 FKF Cup earned Homeboyz a place in the CAF Confederation Cup and Sh2 million in prize money. The cup victory secured Homeboyz a place in the 2023/24 CAF Confederation Cup. For readers in Nigeria, South Africa and Ghana who track African club football, that is the moment Homeboyz moved from a name in Kenyan league news to a club worth knowing.

From Division One to the Continent: The History in Brief

Homeboyz rose quickly after their founding in 2010, winning promotion from FKF Division One after the 2012 season and reaching the Kenyan top flight for 2013. That first stay lasted a single season, and the club dropped to the National Super League (Western zone) at the end of 2013. In 2014, Homeboyz were widely believed to have won their zone but were deducted three points, a decision recorded as disputed. Then, in 2015, no club was promoted at all, because of a dispute between the football federation and the league company. The club kept building through those seasons and returned to the top flight, which set up the 2022-23 campaign.

Why does that path matter to a reader today? Because it explains the character of the club. A side that went up, came straight down and then waited through two seasons of disputes has had to learn patience, and in my opinion the 2023 cup win felt like the reward for that wait. It also shows what tends to change things for a club outside Nairobi: steady local backing, a settled home ground and a cup run that brings money and attention. The timeline below sets out the main steps in order.

Why Do Fans in Kakamega, Nairobi and Kampala Follow Homeboyz?

The answer starts with the name. Homeboyz supporters see the club as their own, a team from the town carrying the town's name into every ground in Kenya. That sense of ownership is strong across western Kenya, a region that has long produced players for the national game and for the Harambee Stars. A home match at Bukhungu is a local occasion as much as a football one, much as a market day draws the whole town to the same few streets.

The club has supporter branches in Kakamega, Nairobi and Kampala, among other places, which gives it a following well beyond its home county. The Nairobi branch matters because so many people from western Kenya live and work in the capital, and they keep their link to home through the club. As such, a Homeboyz away match in Nairobi often has a travelling crowd that has not had to travel very far at all.

The Kampala branch gives Uganda a direct stake in the club. Kakamega sits closer to the Ugandan border than to many parts of Kenya, and East African fans follow each other's clubs with real interest, especially when a side reaches CAF competition. Uganda also co-hosted the CHAN tournament with Kenya and Tanzania, which is why Bukhungu was renovated, so the ground itself carries a regional story. For Ugandan readers, Homeboyz are a neighbour's club worth watching.

Homeboyz in Africa: The Confederation Cup of 2023/24

In the 2023/24 CAF Confederation Cup, Homeboyz met Al Hilal Benghazi of Libya in the preliminary round. Homeboyz held them 0-0 at home, which was a creditable night on the continental stage, and then lost the second leg 4-1 in Libya, going out in the opening round. North African sides travel with experience of these ties, and, in my opinion, the gap was more about that experience than about quality at home. What would change the result next time is another cup run or a high league finish, because every continental tie a club plays makes the next one easier to manage, particularly the away leg.

Which Homeboyz Games Matter Most, and What Time Do They Kick Off?

The games that matter most are the western Kenya derbies and the meetings with the Nairobi giants Gor Mahia and AFC Leopards. AFC Leopards are rooted among the Luhya people of Western Kenya, the same heartland as Kakamega, so that fixture carries a pull for both sets of supporters, and the 2023 cup semi final only added to it. Bukhungu is shared with other Kakamega clubs, among them West Kenya Sugar and Western Stima, which turns local derbies into a contest for the same ground and the same streets. Most Kenyan league matches start in the afternoon EAT, which suits viewers in Kampala, Lagos, Johannesburg and Accra on the same day.

Bukhungu Stadium in Kakamega is the club's home, and fans simply call it Bukhungu. Its capacity is reported differently by different sources, with Wikipedia listing 25,000, so treat any single figure with care. While the stadium was renovated for the CHAN tournament, Homeboyz played home matches in Mumias, also in Kakamega County, before returning to their usual ground. Before travelling to support Homeboyz, confirm the ground named in the fixture listing, as stadium sharing and building work can affect the venue.