kisumu was founded in 1982, by david mshila, dennis awori, job owino, jack ogal, jim owino, and jos odaga. they were originally based at the kisumu railway club and the jomo kenyatta sports ground in kisumu. kisumu boys high school also served as a training venue for years. kisumu technical high school (later called kisumu polytechnic - makasembo) (1997) was used as a venue for games because of the good grass facility. in 1983 kisumu combined with kakamega, kitale and eldoret to form kitusumu: an acronym for kitale and kisumu.j.b nyamwange, jack and walter omaido came in from kitale. reg ’pape” sembi of kakamega, a canadian member of the peace corps johnson travis and paul scott of eldoret. records indicate that barclays bank rfc travelled to kakamega in 1985 playing kisumu in the enterprise cup match. barclays won the game 47-4. kisumu and kitusumu played mainly as a western kenya touring side but folded up in 1988.