Moi International Sports Centre
| Full name | Moi International Sports Centre |
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| Location |
Kasarani, Nairobi, Kenya |
| Coordinates | 1°13′41″S 36°53′26″E / 1.22806°S 36.89056°E |
| Owner | Sports Stadia Management Board |
| Operator | Sports Stadia Management Board |
| Capacity | Moi International Sports Centre Kasarani: 60,000(Kasarani Stadium) 5,000 (Kasarani Indoor Arena) 5,000 (Competition pool) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1987 |
| Opened | August 1987 |
| Renovated | January 2010 |
| Construction cost | Ksh. 900 million (renovations) |
| Structural engineer | Sheng-Li Engineering Construction Company Ltd. (renovations) |
| Services engineer | Sheng-Li Engineering Construction Company Ltd. (renovations) |
| Main contractors | n/a |
| Tenants | |
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Kenya national football team Mathare United Tusker |
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The Moi International Sports Centre (abbreviated as M.I.S.C.) 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.
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 indiscriminately rounded up and arrested by the Kenyan Police, and were subjected to harassment, extortion and ill-treatment. Suspected illegal Somali immigrants were detained in the stadium under poor conditions with lack of access to food and legal assistance. For this purpose the stadium was officially designated on 17 April 2014 as a police station and detention centre.
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, since December 2013 the stadium has also been known as Safaricom Stadium Kasarani.
The indoor arena seats 5,000 and hosts volleyball, gymnastics, basketball, badminton, boxing, wrestling, martial arts and table tennis.
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