Talanta Stadium is 94 per cent done, but MPs want to know how 60,000 fans will get in and out. Roads are due in April, and the railway terminus is still being built
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Talanta Stadium is 94 per cent done, but MPs want to know how 60,000 fans will get in and out. Roads are due in April, and the railway terminus is still being built.
Talanta Stadium is 94 per cent complete and on course to meet the Confederation of African Football's deadline of 31 December 2026, officials told MPs who toured the site off Ngong Road on Thursday 1 October.
The 60,000-seat stadium is one of the venues for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations, which Kenya hosts with Uganda and Tanzania from 19 June to 17 July 2027. Its cost has risen from Sh35 billion to Sh45.8 billion, which officials said was largely due to taxes and other costs during construction.
Where the work stands
Main stadium 95 per cent, outdoor training facilities 92 per cent, external works 93 per cent.
Roads serving the stadium have started and are targeted for completion in April 2027, according to Timothy Kilimo, the director-general of Sports Kenya.
Seven drop-off points have been designated for match days. A railway terminus is being built next to the stadium, the end point of the branch line through Kibera that KNN reported on last week.
Water: a one-million-litre auxiliary tank, two 60,000-litre backup tanks and two boreholes, according to the project architect, Maj Eng Victor King'e.
Medical rooms on every floor, with the main ground-floor facility handling emergencies and anti-doping.
210 hotels have applied to host teams and officials, and all met the qualification standards.
What MPs asked
Mwingi West MP Charles Nguna pressed officials on crowd movement: "We need to know how access to the stadium will be managed." Turbo MP Janet Sitienei asked about CAF compliance and water supply. The committee, chaired by Daniel Wanyama, is to inspect Kasarani next.
Nominated Senator Crystal Asige raised similar points separately. "At 94 per cent completion, there has been significant progress. But there are still questions around the training facilities, pitch maintenance, transport and traffic management, security, and coordination between the different agencies," she said.
What it means for Kibra
Ngong Road and the access roads on the Kibera side of the stadium will be work sites until at least April 2027. Expect diversions and dust.
The match-day plan, including the seven drop-off points, has not been published. It will decide how crowds move through Laini Saba, Jamhuri and Ngong Road on match days.
The railway terminus next to the stadium is the end of the Kibera line, so the station at Laini Saba depends on this timetable too.
Sources: Capital FM via allAfrica (figures, Kilimo and King'e quotes), Pulse Sports (committee concerns), K24 (Senator Asige).
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Talanta Stadium is 94 per cent complete and on course to meet the Confederation of African Football’s deadline of 31 December 2026, officials told MPs who toured the site off Ngong Road on Thursday 1 October.
The 60,000-seat stadium is one of the venues for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations, which Kenya hosts with Uganda and Tanzania from 19 June to 17 July 2027. Its cost has risen from Sh35 billion to Sh45.8 billion, which officials said was largely due to taxes and other costs during construction.
Where the work stands
Main stadium 95 per cent, outdoor training facilities 92 per cent, external works 93 per cent.
Roads serving the stadium have started and are targeted for completion in April 2027, according to Timothy Kilimo, the director-general of Sports Kenya.
Water: a one-million-litre auxiliary tank, two 60,000-litre backup tanks and two boreholes, according to the project architect, Maj Eng Victor King’e.
Medical rooms on every floor, with the main ground-floor facility handling emergencies and anti-doping.
210 hotels have applied to host teams and officials, and all met the qualification standards.
What MPs asked
Mwingi West MP Charles Nguna pressed officials on crowd movement: “We need to know how access to the stadium will be managed.” Turbo MP Janet Sitienei asked about CAF compliance and water supply. The committee, chaired by Daniel Wanyama, is to inspect Kasarani next.
Nominated Senator Crystal Asige raised similar points separately. “At 94 per cent completion, there has been significant progress. But there are still questions around the training facilities, pitch maintenance, transport and traffic management, security, and coordination between the different agencies,” she said.
What it means for Kibra
Ngong Road and the access roads on the Kibera side of the stadium will be work sites until at least April 2027. Expect diversions and dust.
The match-day plan, including the seven drop-off points, has not been published. It will decide how crowds move through Laini Saba, Jamhuri and Ngong Road on match days.
The railway terminus next to the stadium is the end of the Kibera line, so the station at Laini Saba depends on this timetable too.
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