MUNYUA EYES KENYA AS FUTURE DARTS POWERHOUSE

DAVID MUNYUA believes Kenya can emerge as a darts hub within five years and attract the biggest names to compete.

‘Why Not?’ broke new ground in December 2025 as the first Kenyan to play and win at the World Championships when he beat Mike De Decker in round one. 

The 30-year-old is confident the sport is on the rise and predicts a bright future as standards continue to improve across the country. 

He told SportBible: “I’m sure Kenya is going to be the first country to have these major players come and visit, and participate. 

“We’ll be having a good number of players playing well. 

“We have the iconic players that they can really look up to. We wish by this time, five years to come, we can be able to invite them to come and participate with us. 

“Then we can be able to maybe have a good level of darts, and also a structure that’s going to improve the sports in our country.” 

Munyua met the Kenyan president and even visited Stamford Bridge after his Ally Pally heroics. 

He added: “Yeah, it’s been amazing. Everything has changed now. 

“Since we came back from the PDC, we focus on the darts as a sport [in Kenya]. 

“More people have turned out – there are so many of them who are now training and playing darts wherever I go. I think very soon, we will be having a lot of players from Kenya. 

“I’ve been quite busy, moving up and down. There have been so many messages about our achievement, even going to Stamford Bridge [Munyua is a fan of Chelsea]. 

“It’s beautiful to go through them all [the messages]. Everything is positive, and we are happy about that. 

“Before, darts in Kenya has not been so popular. But now, everybody was aware of what we did, and what we are doing. 

“So when we came back, there was a lot of fun and appreciation in person. Now, even our government recognises more, and is more interested, in the sport. 

“Maybe very soon we’ll be having more support from the government than before.” 

Munyua is teaming up with fellow compatriot Peter Wachiuri at the MODUS Super Series’ International tournament. 

The duo also represented Team Kenya in the World Cup qualifier, held in Nairobi on March 22, though they did not qualify for the event. 

Africa has been guaranteed two entry spots at the 2026/27 World Championship for the first time. 

The places will be awarded through the African Darts Group, with a Northern African qualifier and a Southern African qualifier determining who progresses to the sport’s biggest stage. 

The qualifying system is run by the African Darts Group (ADG), an organisation founded by ex-pro Devon Petersen to expand opportunities for players across the continent. 

Wachiuri said: “He has done a great job. He is the one who brought the World Cup qualifier to Kenya. 

“What he has done is commendable. We are happy about him, and we are supporting what he’s doing in our country. 

“We will focus to make sure we increase these slots, because we have good players. 

“Also, we’re still looking for support, because here in Africa it’s very expensive. We need support to be able to access the venue, transport, all of that. 

“We hope we will get to a point where we have good support from the PDC itself, the government, so that our players are are able to maybe have a consistent performance, a proper performance, that can be shown on TV or in world-class venues.”

Image by Taylor Lanning.