Sikhs have been living in Kenya well before the Uganda Railways line reached Nairobi in 1896.

Early records show that a Mr Kala Singh came to Kenya, from the State of Patiala, at the age of 16 in 1896.

Nairobi became the centre of the Sikh Community of Kenya in the early years.

The Kenya Asian Sports Association, which was founded on 4th August 1912, organized sports in the country.

Records show that Sikhs have been playing hockey in Kenya since the early 1920s.

The very first Sikh hockey player to come to Kenya was Mr Bachan Singh, a Chief Inspector of Police in Mombasa. Several Sikhs served as Police Officers in those early days, many of them in the Railways Police.

Sikhs played in Nairobi. Nakuru, Mombasa, Kisumu and Eldoret in the early days.

Kisumu Sports Association, which contained seven Sikhs out of team of eleven, played hockey in Nairobi in 1928.

Sikh Union Mombasa was founded in 1931.

Sikh Union Nakuru was founded in 1951.