Parminder Singh Saini

Parminder Singh Saini, known to all as Kake, competed in hockey for Kenya at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics. Singh Saini studied at Miwani Primary School and Kisumu Boys High School where he started playing hockey. He then studied at Langley College, Slough, Berkshire in England, where he played for Slough Hockey Club. On return to Kenya Singh Saini joined Kisumu Simba Union Club.

Kake was named to the national team in September 1981, playing in the Six Nations tournament in Loisano, Italy. He captained Kenya at the 1983 East African Championships and helped them win the All-African Games in Nairobi in August 1987. He also played at the Indira Gandhi Memorial tournaments in India and was on the African team for the inaugural Inter-Continent tournament in Kuala Lumpur in December 1990.

Kake played his final international against Zimbabwe in Nairobi on 13 February 1993, and then entered coaching, leading Kisumu Simba Union, before being named Kenyan manager at the 1999 African Games. Kake was Kenyan Hockey Union chairman in 2014-15 and served the union as its technical advisor until his death in 2021.