Uganda is at risk of losing its hosting rights for the 2027 CAF Africa Cup of Nations over slow repairs and construction of stadia
Parliament Speaker Anitah Among warned of the imminent risk before the parliament approved a supplementary budget ahead of the construction of one of the Afcon-planned stadiums in the district of Hoima, western Uganda.
“We won the bid with Kenya and Tanzania and our partners are constructing. The only country that is still behind is Uganda. And it is likely that if we don’t move faster, the bid will be taken away from Uganda,” said Among.
Turkish firm Summa International was selected by the Ugandan government to undertake the construction.
Last year, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania were awarded 2027 AFCON hosting rights by the Confederation of African Football (CAF dubbed the pamoja bid.
Among made it clear that hosting Afcon would be very beneficial to all Ugandans.
“I want to thank President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni for loving sports and making sure that we have the money to finish that place Mandela National Stadium-Namboole,” she added.
Elsewhere, Uganda’s State Minister of Sports, Peter Ogwang, has asked the country’s teams to prove a point by winning at the ongoing 2024 ISF Football World Cup in Dalian, China.
Four Ugandan teams travelled last week to China for the international school football tournament to be held from May 17 to 27 in China’s northeastern coastal city of Dalian, Liaoning province.