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he Federation of Uganda Football Associations (Fufa) is in negotiations with the Confederation of African Football (Caf) to have  Mandela Stadium<\/a> host Uganda Cranes\u2019 World Cup qualifiers in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Cranes are set to face Botswana and Algeria in match-day 3 and 4\u00a0 in June. Fufa is eager to have these crucial fixtures played on home soil. The previous international engagements were held away from home due to the unavailability of a suitable stadium.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A recent inspection report by Caf revealed that Namboole which has been undergoing renovations for the past two years still falls short of the required standards to host international games. Caf highlighted several deficiencies, including relocating the media tribunal, addressing the unfinished ceiling, upgrading floodlights, improving the VVIP section, and reducing seating capacity from 40,818 to 38,000 due to visibility issues caused by structural posts.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In response to these concerns, Col Peter Kidemuka, the project engineer, assured that most issues were already being addressed and would be resolved soon. He said the floodlights, a key concern, have been ordered and are expected to arrive shortly. Kidemuka pledged that the stadium would be ready by May 25 well in advance of the Uganda Cranes\u2019 fixtures.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, meeting this deadline does not guarantee Namboole\u2019s approval by Caf. The confederation typically conducts inspections two months before a match and notifies member associations accordingly. Fufa\u2019s deputy CEO in charge of football, Decolus Kiiza expressed optimism but refrained from confirming Namboole as the venue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He indicated ongoing negotiations with Caf to honour the contractor\u2019s new deadline and inform Algeria and Botswana of any developments.  Kiiza said the major hindrance is the floodlights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is the only factor that cannot easily be met. So until they are here you can\u2019t guarantee anything, so we are negotiating whether they can allow us to work with that revised program of completion,\u201d Kiiza told the media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

he Federation of Uganda Football Associations (Fufa) is in negotiations with the Confederation of African Football (Caf) to have  Mandela Stadium host<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11913,"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-11912","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\/2024\/04\/OIP-1.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2848,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/fufa-does-not-consider-players-political-affiliation-for-call-up-to-national-team-magogo\/","url_meta":{"origin":11912,"position":0},"title":"FUFA DOES NOT CONSIDER PLAYERS POLITICAL AFFILIATION FOR CALL -UP TO NATIONAL TEAM-MAGOGO","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"March 22, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Uganda Cranes utility midfielder, Khalid Aucho has publicly\u00a0 apologized to\u00a0 FUFA and fans for not following the code of conduct set up for national team players that saw him sent packing\u00a0 from the national team camp. \u00a0FUFA\u00a0 in a statement\u00a0 on Friday said that the\u00a0 Egypt-based midfielder\u00a0 was dismissed from\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Soccer"","block_context":{"text":"Soccer","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/soccer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/aucho.png","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3952,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/a-ten-man-uganda-cranes-forces-a-goal-less-draw-with-mali-as-ugandan-made-kiira-motors-kayoola-coach-transports-visitors\/","url_meta":{"origin":11912,"position":1},"title":"A TEN MAN UGANDA CRANES FORCES A GOAL LESS DRAW WITH MALI AS UGANDAN MADE KIIRA MOTORS KAYOOLA COACH TRANSPORTS VISITORS","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"September 7, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"By Our Sports Reporters The Uganda Cranes braved a heavy down pour to force a goal-less draw against a physical Mali national football team in an entertaining game played at St. Mary\u2019s Kitende stadium . 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