Talanta Sports City Stadium Cost has been revealed. The 60,000-seater stadium is currently undergoing construction in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi.
The cost of the construction of the stadium was revealed in a document that was presented yesterday before the National Assembly’s Committee on Sports and Culture by the Ministry of Defence that is led by Cabinet Secretary Soipan Tuya.
Talanta Sports City Stadium Cost
The construction cost as revealed to the National Assembly’s Committee on Sports and Culture stands at a whooping Ksh44.7 billion ($344.5 million).
Project Factsheet
Stadium name: Talanta Sports Stadium (also known as Talanta Sports City)
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Expected opening: December 2025
Primary purpose: Football (soccer) and rugby matches
Host for: 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), which will be co-hosted by Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. It is expected to host opening and closing ceremonies as well as matches.
Capacity and dimensions:
- Capacity: 60,000 spectators (expected to be Kenya’s largest stadium upon completion)
- Field Size: 105 meters x 68 meters (FIFA standard)
Surface: Grass
Note: The stadium is specifically designed for football and rugby and will not have an athletics track. However, adjacent athletics fields will be constructed.
Broke ground: March 31, 2024
Construction period: Expected 2024 – 2025 (approximately two years)
Estimated construction cost: Ksh44.7 billion ($344.5 million).
General contractor: China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), a subsidiary of China Communications Construction Company (CCCC)
Supervising engineer: Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) Engineering Department.
Also read: Talanta Sports City Stadium Completion Set for December 2025
Status of the Stadium Project
The completion status of the stadium stands at 37 per cent. Furthermore, the national government has only paid 5 per cent of the total construction cost. Also, a similar trend was observed on all other stadium projects where it emerged that the total amount paid so far were significantly lower than the value of construction works already done.
Completion Date Moved Forward
Construction o Talanta Sports City Stadium commenced on March 1, 2024. However, the completion date of the stadium has been pushed to February next year from the previous December 2025 date.
Additionally, the MPs raised concerns over the payment dates for the various sports infrastructure projects that are executed in the partnership of Ministry of Sports and that of Defence.
Kenya Prepares for CHAN and AFCON with Sports Infrastructure Developments
Kenya is currently undertaking a major sports infrastructural development. This is in preparation of the delayed 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN) and the Africa Cup of Nations 2027 (AFCON 2027). Kenya will co-host AFCON 2027 with Uganda and Tanzania. CHAN is expected to commence on 2nd August.
Stadiums that are also undergoing refurbishments include, Nyayo National Stadium, Kirigiti Stadium, Moi International Sports Complex, Police Sacco Stadium, and Ulinzi Sports Complex.
MPs Question the Stadium Projects
According to South Suba MP, Caroli Omondi, the question of who is to bear the cost of the contractor pre-financing the projects is very critical. He supported this with the Lake Basin Development Authority, stating that it entered a similar agreement with a contractor to build a mall but the contractor quoted an amount exceeding the project.
Additionally, Webuye West MP Dan Wanyama, who is the chairperson of the Committee on Sports and Culture, inquired the Ministry to come clean on the matter. In response to this, Patrick Mariru, the Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Defence stated that it took a lot of convincing for the contractors to agree to go on with the works despite not getting funding from the government.
Also, he promised that the cost of contracts will not be increased. He also added that the Ministry of Sports is making arrangements to secure funds for the projects.
“We have not acquired the cost of these projects. We have decided to stick to them,” Mariru said.
“These projects will be subjected to auditing even after we are done,” he added.
Payment of Other Stadium projects
Police Sacco Stadium is the facility where the government had paid the contractor the highest amount so far at 20 per cent.
Lastly, while the refurbishment of Nyayo stadium stands at 70 percent, only 19 per cent of the payment has been made. This was revealed by Titus Sokobe.
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