David GOMBE
On Wednesday, 19th March, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni officially unveiled the foundation stone on Hoima City Stadium.
Museveni commended the progress on the construction works of Hoima City Stadium and reaffirmed the government’s commitment to sports infrastructure development.
The Minister of Education and Sports Janet Museveni applauded Turkish construction company SUMMA for the progress made in the short period of time.
“I am happy indeed to see the tremendous progress made by SUMMA within this period of seven months since construction started in September 2024.”
“I thank Hon. Peter Ogwang and his team as well as the local leadership who have been keeping an eye on the progress of the project and always bringing feedback to me where further support by the government is required.”
“I established an Inter-Ministerial forum that brings together various MDAs to help us coordinate our response to the various issues to do with hosting a successful CHAN-2024 and AFCON-2027 because there are quite a number of areas to address that fall outside the Education and Sports Sector.” She noted
National Council of Sports leadership led by Chairperson Ambrose Tashobya and General Secretary Dr Bernard Patrick Ogwel were also in attendance and were commended by Hon. Ogwang and the First Lady.
The Ugandan government remains optimistic that Hoima City Stadium will be completed as scheduled.
Uganda will Co-host the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) with Kenya and Tanzania and the facility is one of the venues for the showpiece.
