If you want to watch Harry Kane and Bayern Munich in Nairobi, set an alarm for 6pm: tickets for the club's January 5 friendly against Ajax Amsterdam go on sale this evening, and the government is warning fans not to fall for a fake price list that asks for as much as Sh80,000 a seat.

The match will be the first at the new Raila Odinga International Stadium at Talanta Sports City, the 60,000-seat venue Kenya is building for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations it co-hosts with Uganda and Tanzania from June 19 to July 17.

How to buy, and what it costs

Sales open at 6pm on Thursday, November 5, and tickets are sold only online through the official Talanta Sports City platform, talantasportscity.com. Prices start at Sh2,500, according to reports by The Eastleigh Voice and K24 Digital.

An interactive seating map went live earlier on Thursday. It divides the stadium into Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 seats, Gold and Platinum sections, skyboxes and accessible seating. By midday every section was still marked "Not yet on sale", and the platform says fans will be able to pick their area once each section opens.

The Eastleigh Voice noted that tickets bought from unofficial sellers or links may be invalid.

The fake poster doing the rounds

Sports Principal Secretary Elijah Mwangi has flagged a poster circulating on social media with prices that do not match the official platform. According to K24 Digital, the fake list quotes:

  • Regular seats at Sh10,000
  • Business tickets at Sh22,000
  • VIP tickets at Sh35,000
  • VVIP tickets at Sh80,000
  • A "couple package" at Sh65,000 and a "group package" at Sh200,000

Fans have been told to rely only on the Talanta platform for prices, payment instructions and purchases, and to ignore posters and unverified links.

5,000 seats for the visitors

Demand will not come from Kenyans alone. Mwangi said the two European clubs have asked the government to hold back a block of tickets for their supporters.

"The team have requested that we reserve for them at least 5,000 tickets, and they are going to buy them," the PS said, as reported by Pulse Kenya. He added that this means at least 5,000 visitors will travel to Kenya for the game.

The fixture has already sparked debate at home over cost. The Eastleigh Voice reported last week that Bayern stand to earn about Sh728 million for the trip, and critics have asked who is paying for the spectacle while local athletes and clubs complain of unpaid dues.

For fans, the question tonight is simpler: whether the website holds up when the 6pm rush hits, and how quickly the cheapest Sh2,500 seats sell out. The game will also be shown live in Germany on ProSieben and FC Bayern TV PLUS.

Photos: Wikimedia Commons (CC0), Raila Odinga International Stadium; Parliament of Kenya via K24 Digital, PS Elijah Mwangi. Thumbnail design: HAMASTA MEDIA.