Editorial
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni hailed the progress at the Hoima City stadium five months after its construction began as the country gears to host the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations alongside Kenya and Tanzania.
The stadium is one of those earmarked to host the tournament and has seen viable progress with Turkish company MS SUMMA promising to deliver it six months earlier than he scheduled time.
Presiding over the unveiling of the foundation stone, Museveni hailed MS SUMMA for the work done so far and promised more sports infrastructure.
As per the plan confirmed by Ms SUMMA and the Minister of State for Sports, Peter Ogwang, the 20,000-seater main stadium and it’s running track, along with a 2000-seater mini-indoor arena, a 25-metre swimming pool, outdoor courts for basketball, volleyball, netball and the like, as well as another training pitch and a parking lot to accommodate more than 1000 cars will be handed over in December this year.