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

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.

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1. 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. 2. 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). 3. AidData assumes that the loan that was issued was an interest-free loan from MOFCOM since the loan was issued alongside a MOFCOM grant. 4. 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.

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