The stadium is owned by the Nairobi City Council.

It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of the traditional Gor Mahia and some other local clubs.

Probably the highest profile athletics competition held at Nairobi City Stadium was the Jomo Kenyatta memorial meeting in 1979. International athletes like Edwin Moses, Alberto Salazar and Henry Rono participated.

[2] According to press reports, City stadium is set to have the first artificial turf in Kenya.

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