How much will the talent cost? Compare with the budget for other sports fields

• The cost of construction of the talent stadium in Nairobi has created strong emotions online
• The stadium, which will be used for AFCON 2027, is expected to be completed by December this year
• We look at how much other countries used to build their modern plots compared to Kenya

Kenya has intensified its efforts to build a modern playground, with the Talant Sports Complex stadium in shape.

For a country that is still affected by modern equipment, a playground that can take 60,000 people along Ngong Road is set to re -elaborate sports infrastructure in the country.

However, as the dust grows around the construction area, so is the issue of money, which has provided nutrition for a heated public debate.

How much will the talent field cost?

In documents submitted to the National Assembly Committee on Sports and Culture and the Ministry of Defense, the Government estimated that the project would cost $ 344.5 million (KSh 44.7 billion).

This number, according to former Budget Chairman Ndindi Nyoro, could rise to KSh 100 billion after the government received a bond issued by Linzi Fincco.

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“The maturity of this KSh 44.7 billion loan means we can pay up to KSh 100 billion. If this can’t bother us like Kenyans, I don’t know what it will be,” Said the Kiharu MP.

The cost has created strong emotions online, with many claiming that the cost has increased and could be used to build more plots.

We sink into it and look at how much was used to build plots outside Kenya.

Compare the cost of the talent field with other East African plots

Let’s start around home.

Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in the country Tanzania It was built at a cost of KSh 7.22 billion ($ 56 million) and the Beijing construction engineering group in 2007.

Of this amount, the Tanzanian government received only KSh 3.23 billion, with the remaining subsidies from the Chinese government.

In the country UgandaMandela’s national stadium was built at a cost of KSh 4.64 billion ($ 36 million) and opened in 1997.

The official opening ceremony was delayed as the government worked to build entry roads. Documents indicate that the whole amount was a grant for the Chinese.

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Mkapa Stadium takes 60,000 people, while Namboole has a capacity of 45,000 people.

How much did the FNB stadium cost?

FNB Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, is the only stadium in the FIFA World Cup final.

The stadium was built between 1986 and 1989, and according to Dawn, the estimated cost was between $ 373 million to $ 440 million (KSh 48.1 billion to KSh 56.8 billion).

The 94,000 session was later renovated for the 2010 World Cup, of which $ 400 million (KSh 51.6 billion) was spent.

How much did Morocco spend on building plots

Considering that Kenya is doing all this to be ready for Afcon 2027, it’s just right to look at how much the following organizers spent in their plots.

Morocco has been at the forefront of many years than other African nations with high quality materials. The North African Rockets are also preparing to prepare for the 2030 World Cup.

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Complexe Sportif Prince Moulay Abdellah in Rabat was built in 2023 after the original structure was demolished.

The stadium cost three billion Dirham (KSh 42.5 billion), but the government spent more KSh 9.2 billion to build a 25,000 chairs athletic stadium in common, as reported by Walaw.

Morocco has at least six international status plots like this.

How much did Ivory Coast use to build the AFCON 2023 final stadium

Alassane Outattara Ebimpé in Abidjan was built at $ 257million (KSh 33.15 billion).

The Ivory Coast government carried around 56% of the total cost. However, after it was opened in 2020, the stadium was renovated, which brought a total cost to $ 295 million (KSh 38.06 billion).

Organized the AFCON 2023 finals between Ivory Coast and Nigeria.

The cost of other major plots around the world

In addition, Manchester United recently launched plans to build a new stadium, which will cost 2 billion pounds (KSh 371.8 billion). Their current stadium, Old Trafford, was built at a cost of KSh 16.73 million in 1909.

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The Arsenal Emirates Stadium previously cost 390 million pounds (Ksh 72.5 billion) in 2006. Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge cost £ 3,000 (KSh 557,700) when it was built for the first time in 1877, while Liverpool’s Anfield cost £ 2,600 (Ksh 483,3484).

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