Jimmy Abraham Enabu (born 17 April 1988) is a

Uganda Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the ...

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player regarded as one of the greatest players and point guards in Uganda's history. He started his career with the Knight Riders basketball team from

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in 2007. Enabu moved to City Oilers in 2013, and helped the team win a record nine NBL championships. He represented Uganda's national basketball team at the

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, where he was Uganda's best passer as he recorded most assists for his team.Uganda – FIBA Afrobasket 2017
FIBA.com, Retrieved 31 August 2017. He has won nine straight National Basketball League titles with his team The City Oilers. The City Oilers have made a record for a team that has won all titles of the National Basketball League that it has competed in. Jimmy Enabu left the city oilers to go to Burundi in May 2024. ''Jimmy Enabu is a student of the game, he joined City Oilers as a raw athlete and transformed into the best player in Uganda" Kwizera, his former manager said after Jimmy left to take his talents to Burundi.

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City Oilers City Oilers is a basketball club based in Lugogo, Kampala, Uganda. The team competes in the Ugandan National Basketball League (NBL), where it has won 10 championships, the most in league history. The Oilers currently also play in the Basketball A ...

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