{"id":11062,"date":"2023-12-27T18:32:45","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T18:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=11062"},"modified":"2023-12-27T18:32:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T18:32:56","slug":"president-museveni-calls-for-ppps-to-develop-sports-facilities-in-uganda-hails-kigundu-for-nakivubo-stadium-redevelopment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/president-museveni-calls-for-ppps-to-develop-sports-facilities-in-uganda-hails-kigundu-for-nakivubo-stadium-redevelopment\/","title":{"rendered":"President Museveni Calls For PPPs To Develop Sports Facilities In Uganda , Hails Kigundu for Nakivubo Stadium Redevelopment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>President Yoweri Museveni has  called for more Public  Private Partnerhsips (PPPs) for  the developmet of sports facilities across the country . He has since hailed young tycoon  Haji Hamis Kiggundu, popularly known as Ham, for undertaking the  redevelopment of iconic Nakivubo Stadium in capital city  Kampala<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Museveni made the call during an end of year press briefing .  He said that Uganda will be ready to host ACON  2027 edition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" data-attachment-id=\"11064\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/president-museveni-calls-for-ppps-to-develop-sports-facilities-in-uganda-hails-kigundu-for-nakivubo-stadium-redevelopment\/navu-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/navu.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2100,1573\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"navu\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/navu.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/navu.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/navu-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/navu.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/navu.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/navu.jpg 768w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/navu.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/navu.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/navu.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2015 President Museveni okayed the redevelopment of Nakivubo stadium  which has since been transformed to a state of the art facility and is set to be commissioned in the new year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The multi-purpose iconic Nakivubo stadium is getting ready every passing day and now the man behind the reconstruction of the historic stadium, young entrepreneur Hamis Kigundu, has announced that they have finished installing a modern playing turf complete with goal posts .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The playing turf and seats have already been installed, and the engineers have erected goalposts and laid the foundations for the floodlights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In terms of Nakivubo\u2019s redevelopment progress, which was initially approved by President Museveni in 2015 but only commenced in 2021, the stadium will have \u00a0boardrooms and conference facilities, changing rooms, rooms for indoor games, an athletics track, a gym, a netball, basketball courts, a hotel, and multi-level parking for up to 9,600 cars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editor:msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Yoweri Museveni has called for more Public Private Partnerhsips (PPPs) for the developmet of sports facilities across the country<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/naki-2.jpeg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11535,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/minister-of-education-and-sports-janet-museveni-tours-revamped-nakivubo-stadium\/","url_meta":{"origin":11062,"position":0},"title":"Minister Of Education And Sports Janet Museveni Tours Revamped Nakivubo Stadium","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"February 20, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports, Mrs. Janet Kataaha Museveni has toured Nakivubo stadium that has been reconstructed by businessman Hamis Kiggundu under a Public Private Partnership (PPP) deal. 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