Update: How Stunning Nakivubo Stadium Is Exciting Ugandans As The Next Modern Sports Facility In East Africa

Ugandan football lovers are warming up to make a grand return to Nakivubo Stadium following the redevelopment that was undertaken by city businessman Hamis Kiggundu aka Ham.

Built to modern and world-class standards, the yet-to-be-unveiled Nakivubo Stadium has become the talk of the town with many seeing it as a dream come true and expected to be one of Uganda’s and East Africa’s best modern sports facilities that are privately funded.

Setting the record straight and silencing haters, Ham recently revealed that Nakivubo Stadium will be up and ready to host games before the end of this year adding that the 40,000-seater Stadium will be a reminder of the old good days for football lovers.

“The hardest bit of work is done and what is left is to complete the different utilities going to be hosted at the stadium,” Ham said recently.

“We have followed modern stadium trends from all over the world in whatever we have included in the construction of this facility because we didn’t want visiting teams to have excuses with anything regarding the facility. So, from the turf to the dressing rooms to the stands and everything else will be completed to international standards,” Ham added.

After completion, Nakivubo will feature a gym, medical facility, restaurants and other amenities with several sports disciplines such as football, volleyball, athletics and boxing, among others.

Nakivubo will be a multipurpose stadium making it Kampala’s most famous and iconic ground with unique amenities like lifts for the physically handicapped, cinema halls, an area for indoor games like Table Tennis and Pool, VIP boxes which can be booked by a group of people on top of ordinary sitting, VVIP and executive boxes on the first tier. The executive boxes seat about 20 people each with extra amenities like self-contained lavatories, sofa sets, a conference room, and a resting area. Each category of fans will have its own entry and exit points.

Additionally, the stadium will also have multi-level parking able to accommodate over 1,000 cars on top of other amenities like restaurants, gyms, and facilities for people with disabilities (PWDs).

Behind the goalposts on one end will be a netball court while on the other a basketball court. There will be no running track as had earlier been planned following architectural changes.

“Netball was one of the games played on this facility and it has gained popularity in the country, so we shall also cater for them with a court,”

The home and visiting teams will have a medical section room each, on top of dressing rooms that can seat up to 30 people each. There are also enough showers that can be used by all players of both sides on top of two referees’ rooms and lockers, and change rooms for all stadium support staff including ball boys who also have their rooms and amenities just like the kit’s men. There is also an allowance for a gym and a boxing ring under the stands.

Parking for service vehicles like ambulances and those of the VIPs are catered for including residential rooms for 80 people for teams that might want to stay for residential training.

The stadium will also have a big screen and floodlights as well as security cameras installed around the stadium.

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