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Chinese Government provides $12.2 million loan for Moi International Sports Centre Refurbishment Project (Linked to Record ID#60195)

$12.26M USD

Funder	China Ministry of Commerce
Recipient Organization	Government of Kenya
Country	Kenya
Start Date	Aug 02, 2010
End Date	Aug 07, 2029
Duration	6,945 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`1265`

Grant Description

Chinese Government provides $12.2 million loan for Moi International Sports Centre Refurbishment Project On August 2, 2010, the Chinese Government provided a $12,264,851.49 loan to the Kenyan Government for the refurbishment of the Moi International Sports Centre in Kasarani, a suburb of Nairobi. An Exchange of Letters for Maintenance of the Moi International Sport Center was signed during H.E.

President Hu Jintao’s visit to Kenya in April 2006. Sheng-Li Engineering Construction Company Ltd. ((胜利油田胜建集团) was the contractor.

The project's original timeline was for construction to last 12 months from December 24, 2009, to December 23, 2010, but Sheng-Li Engineering Construction Company Ltd. extended work until June 2012. The stadium was closed in January 2010 for renovation works. On June 2, 2012, the Moi International Sports Centre reopened.

📋 Staff Comments

This project is also known as Phase 2 of the Moi International Sports Centre Renovation Project. The Chinese project title is 我援肯莫伊国际体育中心二期维修项目 or 肯莫伊国际体育中心二期维修项目.
A $2,739,876 grant was provided by China's Ministry of Commerce in August 2010 for the same project (as captured via Project ID#60195).
AidData assumes that the loan that was issued was an interest-free loan from MOFCOM since the loan was issued alongside a MOFCOM grant.
The Moi International Sports Centre was originally built with RMB 200 million in grant funding from the Chinese government for the All Africa Games in 1987.

📚 Sources & References

Let’s meet at the VIP lounge, http://enews.sinopecnews.com.cn/shb/html/2010-03/05/content_100735.htm
Chinese Firms Take to Africa Like Bushfire
驻肯尼亚大使刘显法考察在肯中资企业承建项目
驻肯尼亚大使刘显法考察中国援肯莫伊国际体育中心维修二期项目
韩春霖参赞考察莫伊国际体育中心维修项目, [2010/052140] - RENOVATION OF SPORTS CENTRE KASARANI
China hands glowing stadium to Kenya, http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Lets+meet+at+the+VIP+lounge+/-/957860/1422050/-/item/0/-/y5h49hz/-/index.html, http://global.factiva.com/aa/?ref=AFNWS00020100830e68u00004&pp=1&fcpil=en&napc=S&sa_from=
中肯签署莫伊国际体育中心维修项目会谈纪要
A scoping study on China-Africa economic relations: The case of Kenya
China-built Moi International Sports Center being fully used Loan applications and disbursements are still being received and processed as the projects continue to evolve. Ongoing monitoring and evaluation are in place to ensure project continuity.

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