Kenya Basketball Federation (KBF) has made history by picking Angela Luchivya as the first female Secretary General in an acting capacity following the resignation of  Ambrose Kisoi.

The immediate former Secretary-General who had served in the position since 2021 resigned citing personal reasons.

“Thank you for the trust you put in me to serve you as your Secretary General. I don’t take it for granted and I have learnt a lot and deep. As my dear voters, I wouldn’t want you to suffer through the struggle of rumours so I wish to state here that I have tendered my resignation as the Secretary General of KBF with immediate effect,” Kisoi said in a statement.

He added: “For those that I helped to achieve, we thank god and for those that we were yet to achieve more, keep the hope alive.”

KBF chairman Paul Otula told People Sport that the federation also appointed Moses Wanjara as the acting vice Secretary General.

Angela was recently appointed as the president of Zone V women commission. Otula said the appointment was aimed at giving women more leadership roles in sports and promoting sports among the women folk.

He said Angela is a respected administrator who will take the sports to the next level and will go places in sports management.

“Let me congratulate Angela. This is the way to empower women in sports management,” Otula said. “She is bringing on board her experience from the corporate business.”

Angela thanked the team for honouring her and promised to deliver in her new post. She also thanked the team for his appointment saying he was committed to offering his service for the game he loves most.

“This is a challenging opportunity and I have promised to volunteer my time to serve in developing the sports,” he said.