President Yoweri Museveni cleared some of the concerns around the delayed construction of the $129m (about Shs490b) multi-purpose Akii-Bua Stadium in Lira City.

The Akii-Bua Sports Complex will feature a 20,000-seat main stadium with an athletics track, a training facility with at least two changing rooms, a 2,000-seat indoor multi-sport arena, a 25-meter ...

On Saturday, at State House Nakasero, government signed the contract for the construction of Akii-Bua Stadium with contractor Samco. Samco is an Egytian construction company.

Size was an issue of contention as preparations for the construction of Uganda’s first modern upcountry stadium got underway on Saturday.

The Government of Uganda has signed a contract with an Egyptian firm, SAMCO National Construction Company, to build a 20,000- seat Akii Bua Olympic Stadium in Lira City.

The construction of the Akii-Bua Olympic Stadium in Uganda's northern city of Lira can now begin in earnest following the facility's much-anticipated groundbreaking on Wednesday (January 29 ...

Kampala — UGANDA is in talks with the Chinese government to reconstruct Akii Bua stadium at a new site near the Lira airstrip. At the same time the solicitor general has consented to the process ...

Government has entered into a $129 million agreement with Egypt's SAMCO National Construction Company to construct the Akii-Bua Olympic Stadium in Lira City. The stadium, with a seating capacity ...

The Akii Bua Stadium in Lira and a new stadium in Hoima could also stage matches, while Tanzania's venues will include the 60,000-capacity Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium and potentially the Azam ...