The Twenty20 competition of East Africa Premier League and the 50-over competition of the East Africa Cup was initiated by Cricket Kenya to raise the profile of the game and develop a grassroots structure that would consistently provide young talent to perform for the national team in international events.

They totally dominated the tournament, and except the occasional Ugandan good performance, nearly every franchise appeared minnows in front of them.

They topped the group with 28 points from 10 games (6 wins and only two losses),[5] and then won comprehensively in the twice-postponed final against Ugandan side Nile Knights (the other being Rwenzori Warriors) by 84 runs.

After they posted a massive 280/5 (Rakep Patel 92, Duncan Allan 65), Pakistani-born Kenyan cricketer Abdul Rehman took 4-32 as their opponents could only manage 196/9.

It was one of the 2003 Cricket World Cup venues, which Kenya co-hosted alongside South Africa and Zimbabwe.