Tom Bush Wamukota (born 28 September 1993) is a Kenyan

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player who currently plays for

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club APR and the Kenya national team.

College career

Wamukota played two years with the Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team. He was the first Kenyan player to ever play in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament.

Professional career

In the summer of 2018, he played for Águilas Doradas de Durango in Mexico. In the 2018–19 season, he played with Moroccan club MAS Fes. In 2019, Wamukota played in Tunisia for US Monastir and later

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. In September 2020, Wamukota joined Rwandan side

Patriots BBC Patriots Basketball Club, also known as simply Patriots, is a basketball club based in Kigali, Rwanda. Established in 2014, it plays its home games at Amahoro Indoor Stadium. The team is a four-time champion of the Rwanda Basketball League (RBL). ...

. He won the national championship later that year, before extended his contract until 2023 in January. In December 2021, Wamukota joined South Sudanese club

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to strengthen the team for the second round of the

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. He was on Cobra Sport's roster for the primary BAL tournament, however, he was unable to play due to injury. In 2022, Wamukota rejoined Patriots BBC for the Rwandan domestic league. He was named in the 2022 All Star Team. In December 2022, Wamukota signed a one-year contract for APR.

National team career

Wamukota plays with the

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and has represented the team at

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, where have averaged 10.5 points. He was named to the tournament's All-Star Five. He has been part of Kenya's national team at the AfroBasket 2021 in

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, Rwanda.

BAL career statistics

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* 1993 births Living people Centers (basketball) Águilas Doradas de Durango players US Monastir basketball players Patriots BBC players Cobra Sport players Kenyan men's basketball players Kenyan expatriate basketball people in Mexico Kenyan expatriate basketball people in the United States JS Kairouan basketball players Maghreb de Fès basketball players APR B.C. players {{Kenya-sport-bio-stub