Work at Nakivubo Stadium continues despite pandemic challenges
There has been a gain in momentum in the construction of Nakivubo War Memorial stadium after the funder, Mr. Hamis Kiggundu of Ham Enterprises doubled efforts.
“The stadium was expected to be ready to host its first match game in approximately 2 years from 2019”. Said, The young city tycoon.
However, he explained that the construction of the facility had stalled due to negative energy, politics, court battles and compensation of vendors.
The stadium is expected to promote sports since most of clubs have no pitches, employ about 1,000 both directly and indirectly and also create sources of taxes to the government among others.
Nakivubo war Memorial stadium (NWMS) was established 54 years ago under the NWMS Trust Act, 1963 with a board of Trustees appointed by the Sports Minister.
In September, 2009 a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) approach with Ham Enterprises Ug Ltd was entered into, to redevelop the dilapidated facility into a modern one scaled up to International Standards.
The Construction works spear-headed by Roko will put in place a state-of-the-art Stadium on an acreage of about 13 acres with a seating capacity of 34,500, modern athletic tracks, netball, basketball, volley ball and other indoor games, offices for rent, hotels, conference facilities, board room, Sport souvenir shops, Shopping mall, multi-level parking of about 10,000 cars among others.
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