Talanta Sports Stadium

The stadium is located past Dagoretti Corner in the neighborhood known as "Jamhuri Grounds" or Posta Grounds, along Ngong Road, next to Polo Grounds and Jamhuri ASK Showground approximately west of the central business district of Nairobi. ==Overview==

Talanta Sports Stadium, with planned capacity of 60,000, is intended for football and rugby matches. There will be no athletics track, although athletics fields will be erected adjacent to the stadium. The primary purpose of this stadium is to be part of the host stadia that Kenya will use to host the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations in a tri-state-host tournament to be held in the East African countries of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Other Kenyan stadia include the 60,000 seater Moi International Sports Centre in Kasarani and the 15,000 seater Nyayo National Stadium, also in Nairobi. At the bidding stage the Kenya Football Federation nominated the three Nairobi national stadiums and the 10,000 seater Kipchoge Keino Stadium in Eldoret. In March 2026, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) released a report stating it was yet to meet the necessary standards (Category 4) for hosting the tournament. ==Construction==

The construction contract was awarded to China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), a subsidiary of China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), a Chinese, majority state-owned, publicly traded multinational engineering and construction conglomerate. The contract price has not been disclosed. The supervising engineer is the KDF Engineering Department. Construction started on 1 March 2024 and is planned to last approximately two years. In July 2024, Linzi Finco 003 Trust, a subsidiary of Liaison Group, listed a KSh 44.79 billion infrastructure asset-backed security on the Nairobi Securities Exchange to fund the construction of the stadium. The bond is backed by future revenues of the project, and has been dubbed "one of the most sophisticated structured financings in East Africa." In January 2026, the Defense PS Patrick Mariru stated that the bulk of the work was done, bringing the project to its final phase with 80% completion. ==References==