Moi International Sports Centre

The Moi International Sports Centre (abbreviated as MISC) is a multi-purpose stadium in Kasarani, Kenya. It was built in 1987 for the All-Africa Games held in Nairobi. The facilities include a 60,000 seat arena with a running track and a pitch used for football and rugby union, a competition size swimming pool, an indoor arena and a 108-bed capacity hotel.[3]

Moi International Sports Centre Kasarani
Full nameMoi International Sports Centre
LocationKasarani,
Nairobi, Kenya
Coordinates1°13′41″S 36°53′26″E
OwnerGovernment of Kenya
OperatorSports Kenya
CapacityMoi International Sports Centre Kasarani:

60,000[1] (Kasarani Stadium) 5,000 (Kasarani Indoor Arena)

5,000 (Competition pool)[2]
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Built1987
OpenedAugust 1987
RenovatedJanuary 2010
Construction costKsh. 900 million (renovations)
Structural engineerSheng-Li Engineering Construction Company Ltd. (renovations)
Services engineerSheng-Li Engineering Construction Company Ltd. (renovations)
Main contractorsn/a
Tenants
Kenya national football team
Mathare United
Tusker
Athletics Kenya

The stadium was closed in January 2010 for renovation works worth Kes 900 million and funded by a grant to the Government of Kenya by the Government of China. Chinese firm, Sheng Li Engineering Construction Company Limited was contracted to conduct the renovations and the stadium was reopened in March 2012 after completion of the renovations.

In April and May 2014, after terror attacks in Nairobi and Mombasa, the main stadium was used as a screening center as part of 'Operation Usalama Watch' during which thousands of people were rounded up and arrested by the Kenya Police.[4][5]

The stadium located within the Sports Centre hosted the 2017 World U18 Championships in Athletics.[6]

Facilities

Kasarani Stadium (Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani)
Inside the Kasarani Stadium-Kenya's Largest Stadium and host of the  2017 World U18 Championships in Athletics.

The main arena is used by the Kenya national football team for most of its home games, as well as Kenyan Premier League sides Mathare United and Tusker F.C.

Since 2013 the Safari Sevens rugby union tournament has been hosted at the Kasarani Stadium.

For sponsorship reasons, the stadium was known as Safaricom Stadium Kasarani.[7]

Kasarani Indoor Arena

The indoor arena seats 5,000 and hosts volleyball, gymnastics, basketball, badminton, boxing, wrestling, martial arts and table tennis.

For sponsorship reasons, the arena is also known as Safaricom Indoor Arena.

Kasarani Aquatic Complex

This arena consists of an Olympic competition pool, a warm up/training pool 1.25 metres in depth, a recreational public diving pool and a children's pool.

The Stadion Hotel

This is a 1008-room hotel located within the centre.

International Soccer Matches
DateCompetitionTeamResTeamCrowd
11 Sep 2018 International Friendly  Kenya 1-0  Malawi 3,500
14 Oct 2018 2019 AFCON Qualifier  Kenya 3-0  Ethiopia 60,000

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-07-29. Retrieved 2014-07-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Moi International Sports Complex (MISC), Kasarani". www.sportskenya.org. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
  3. "Moi International Sports Complex (MISC), Kasarani". www.sportskenya.org. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
  4. Somalis are scapegoats in Kenya's Counter-terror Crackdown, Amnesty International, May 2014. Accessed on 27 February 2017.
  5. Usalama Watch: State is fracturing Kenyan society, The East African, 19 April 2014. Accessed on 27 February 2017.
  6. Competitions Update. IAAF. Retrieved on 2017-06-07.
  7. Akaki, Lulu. "Safaricom Stadium Kasarani unveiled". hapakenya.com. HapaKenya. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
Preceded by
Stade du 5 Juillet 1962
Pune		 Rollball World Cup venue
2011		 Succeeded by
Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
Pune
Preceded by
Stade du 5 Juillet 1962
Algiers		 All-Africa Games Main stadium
1987		 Succeeded by
Cairo International Stadium
Cairo
Preceded by
Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Cali		 IAAF World U18 Championships stadium
2017		 Succeeded by
None
Games abolished

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