In 1979, Kenya emerged as champions of the men's team event at the 1979 African Badminton Championships after defeating Tanzania and Ghana.

[2][3] In that same year, Kenya also competed in the men's team event at the 1979 WBF World Championships and were eliminated in the group stages.

In 2010, the team reached the quarter-finals of the 2010 Thomas & Uber Cups Preliminaries for Africa but lost 3–0 to Nigeria.

[10] In participating in the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Kenya's national team was ranked the 18th seed for their competition.

[12] As part of an effort to improve the country's performance, Kenya sent 290 athletes to the 2019 African Games.