Kennedy Shahid Bwibo (born 15 May 1968) is a former Kenyan cricketer whose single list-A appearance for the Kenyan national side came in March 1997. Born in

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, Bwibo's club cricket was played for the Sir Ali Muslim Club. Described by a

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writer as a "burly right arm opening bowler", his best performance at that level was 8/28. Bwibo's sole high-level match for Kenya came during the 1996–97 South African season, when the team participated in the

Standard Bank Cup The CSA One-Day Cup (formerly known as the Standard Bank Cup, the MTN Domestic Championship, and the Momentum One-Day Cup) is the premier domestic one-day cricket competition of South Africa, its matches having List A status. Matches are usually ...

(a limited overs interprovincial knockout tournament). Kenya were drawn against Natal in its quarter-final, and were knocked out of the tournament after losing by 104 runs. Bowling second-change behind

Martin Suji Martin Armon Suji (born 2 June 1971) is a former Kenyan cricketer who played One-Day Internationals for the Kenyan national side between 1996 and 2006. A right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler, his overall international career s ...

, Thomas Odoyo, and

Tony Suji Anthony Suji (born Otieno Suji Ondik; 5 February 1976) is a former Kenyan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast pace bowler. He is the brother of player Martin Suji. He also played for The Western Chiefs. Suji sc ...

, Bwibo conceded 13 runs from his two overs, with Natal's batting line-up featuring South African national side players

Andrew Hudson Andrew Charles Hudson (born 17 March 1965) is a former South African Test and ODI cricketer. The right-handed batsman played 35 Tests and 89 One Day Internationals for South Africa in the 1990s. His career spanned 16 consecutive summers, playi ...

Pat Symcox Patrick Leonard Symcox (born 14 April 1960) is a former South African international cricketer. He played 20 Test matches and 80 One Day Internationals in the 1990s.Jonty Rhodes Jonathan Neil "Jonty" Rhodes (born 27 July 1969) is a South African professional cricket commentator and former Test and One Day International cricketer. He is regarded as one of the greatest fielders of all time and was the first South African ...

Shaun Pollock Shaun Maclean Pollock OIS (born 16 July 1973) is a South African cricket commentator and former cricketer, who was captain in all formats of the game. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers and allrounders of all time. A genu ...

, and

Lance Klusener Lance Klusener (born 4 September 1971) is an international cricket coach and former cricketer of South Africa. He was known for his aggressive batting and fast-medium swing bowling. Klusener was one of the best all-rounders in the world during ...

. After the conclusion of his playing career, Bwibo became involved in coaching. For the 2008 edition of the

Sahara Elite League The Sahara Elite League (also known as Zonal League) was a four team cricket competition created by Cricket Kenya featuring a Twenty20 tournament, a one day cricket tournament and finally a three-day cricket tournament. For the inaugural league ...

(what was to be the first and only edition of the competition), he was named coach of the Eastern Aces franchise, which was captained by

Steve Tikolo ''yes'Steve is a masculine given name, usually a short form (hypocorism) of Steven or Stephen Notable people with the name include: steve jops * Steve Abbott (disambiguation), several people * Steve Adams (disambiguation), several people * Steve ...

.Nick Deverell (14 February 2008)
"Sahara Elite League starts this weekend"
– Cricket Europe. Retrieved 30 April 2015.

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