Nakivubo to remove more kiosks

By Norman Katende 

NAKIVUBO stadium has increased their clean up exercise by ordering the owners of all Kiosks on Namirembe road and parts of Kafumbe Mukasa road to remove them in 10 days effective last Friday. 

The stadium board of trustees press attaché Faridah Bongoley yesterday confirmed that the board meeting upheld the decision of ridding the stadium  of  activities that were not adding value to the complex, which started by the removing of a scrap container from the  Kisenyi wing entry gate last week.

“We are taking a step by step action. We have also informed the traders that have businesses below the pavilion to move and we are sure that they will cooperate. What we want is to see that the stadium is compliant with the KCCA directives,” explained Faridah, who added that the board will also meet this week to draw up new programmes.

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KCCA ordered the stadium to remove all the business that had not been sanctioned by December 18. 

“What we are not going to move for now is the parking as we need the money to run the facilities since sports does not  bring in enough income,” added Bongoley.

Ever since the New Vision ran an article which brought to light the dilapidated state of the stadium that was opened in 1921, the facility’s management has been taking measures to clean up. 

The article brought to light the fact that the stadium was fast becoming a death trap as more lock-ups are been built, making the stadium wall weak and increasing the risks of the terraces collapsing during public events.

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Large chunks of the stadium's land have been turned into parks for vehicles while two fires have over the past three years gutted the market next to the stadium wall. 

Former Nakivubo board chairman Godfrey Kisekka had defended the use of the stadium facilities for external activities as a means of creating revenue to maintain the stadium facilities. 

State sports minister Charles Bakabulindi suspended Kisekka as board chairman, with his vice Eddie Ssembatya being named as his deputy as a means of trying to streamline the stadium management and call for team work.