Photos from Nakivubo show Uganda’s 35000 seater stadium project has garnered momentum and doesn’t have a long way to go before being completed.
The mega arena is being developed by Ugandan young businessman Hamis Kiggundu, who believes Nakivubo won’t be just a stadium in the heart of Kampala but rather a legacy.
The huge sports infrastructural investment worth billions of shillings is undertaken by Roko Construction Company Limited.
Mr Kiggundu commonly referred to as Ham, urges Ugandans to develop their country because “it is our responsibility as Ugandans to develop our motherland.”
“From a realistic and reasonable point of view this is not just a stadium but a legacy and clear illustration to all Ugandans that if Uganda is to develop it’s our responsibility as Ugandans to develop our motherland,” Ham said.
The stunning pictures and videos of Nakivubo under construction disprove negative comments which have been flying around sponsored by business rivals how the stadium suffered stillbirth.
The Nakivubo Project manager Aine Agaba said the stadium will be ready by 2021.
Ham says he embarked on the project as a corporate social responsibility for community development.
“I also want to set an example for other Africans that if I can pull off such a Huge project with private funding so can they. The only way to pull Africa out of poverty to prosperity is for us Africans to accept it as our responsibility and obligation. The stadium project equally makes business sense with incomes since it has commercial premises attached.”
Minister of Sport Hon Hamson Obua, and some members of Parliament led by Asuman Basalilwa who toured the facility in downtown Kampala sometime back was confident of the stadium’s progress.
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