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"It (should) become a practice that we're involved as Federation (FUFA) to advise such that we don't get some challenges.”
Budiope East Member of Parliament and FUFA President Moses Magogo has disclosed that the recently redeveloped Nakivubo War Memorial Stadium was rejected by the continental football custodians CAF.
Magogo revealed the stadium didn't meet the CAF standards and upon the latter's inspection, it was subsequently rejected to host international matches.
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The FUFA honcho stated the same as he addressed the floor of parliament as he called for the continuous need to seek the federation for advice before stadium construction in the country.
"It would be proper, because there's a lot of construction od stadiums thats going on by private sector and government," Magogo said.
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12:58 - 27.11.2023
'No player can risk' - Onyango not convinced with Nakivubo Stadium standards
While it's not certain whether the purpose is to have the stadium as a training or a host for the games, former Uganda Cranes captain Dennis Onyango doesn't believe it's up to the right standards.
"It (should) become a practice that we're involved as Federation (FUFA) to advise such that we don't get some challenges.”
"To be specific about Nakivubo, we were not consulted and CAF has done an inspection and it has a report about the stadium, and as we speak today, we can still not be able to host an international game there until certain things are done in accordance with standards.“
While the unfulfilled standrads were not revealed, a number of them including the lack of natural turf, access, parking could be some of the raised concerns.
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13:55 - 11.04.2024
"No money... blame Kasaija, not me” - Sports Minister Ogwang responds to the delayed completion of Namboole Stadium
As a result of the delay to release the remaining 17 billion, Uganda Cranes are set to be forced into hosting the upcoming World Cup qualification games outside the country.
Nakivubo Stadium has been redeveloped by tycoon and entrepreneur Hamis Kiggundu.
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