East Africa AFCON 2027 Push Faces Uganda Infra Setback

President Ruto is all set to upgrade Kenya's sports ecosystem with significant projects like the Bukhungu Stadium , the Nandi overhaul and the most recent, the Migori Stadium. President Yoweri Museveni is also gearing up for lucrative sports allocations in Uganda to actualise the country's sports potential.

The Confederation of African Football released its much-awaited report on the infrastructural preparedness of these co-hosting nations. Uganda has been certified as unprepared, as its projects are primarily under upgrade, construction, or operational redesign. CAF category 4 requirements have not been met at the Hoima City Stadium and the Mandela Stadium in Kampala.

The following are some of the inadequacies highlighted in the Hoima Stadium in the CAF report: "absence of clear segregation between spectator categories; cross-circulation between media, VIPs, teams and general spectators; non-compliant referee dressing rooms; non-compliance of players’ dressing rooms; media facilities below AFCON standards; mixed zone incorrectly located within the competition area; limited operational buffer space due to the stadium’s geographical location; The current position of the benches is causing a major view obstruction from the stands,” the CAF report said. Stadiums like the Aki Bua-based one in Lira were not visited because they were under construction.

State Minister for Sports Peter Ogwang has reacted to this report with a promise to mend all the structural inefficiencies immediately and convey the necessary details to Summa, the contractor for Hoima stadium.