FUFA stuck with hi-tech turf
Feb 19, 2007
Local soccer governing body FUFA has asked Nakivubo stadium to accept an offer of an artificial turf worth $0.8m (sh1.3bn).
By Norman Katende
Local soccer governing body FUFA has asked Nakivubo stadium to accept an offer of an artificial turf worth $0.8m (sh1.3bn).
Mandela National Stadium, Namboole, showed no interest in the offer by the international soccer governing body FIFA, in their “Win for Africa in Africa†project that aims at having an artificial turf in an already constructed field.
This will enable World Cup-bound teams to play warm up games across the continent before the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
But efforts to fix the turf at Namboole fell on the wayside as both parties failed even to meet over the project.
FUFA has now resorted to Nakivubo to see whether they can be allowed to fix the turf there.
“We are going to talk to them about the project. FIFA told us that we have to come out with a final decision by February 26 and inform them about it. Hopefully, we would have got a venue by then,†narrated federation chief executive Charles Masembe.
Masembe said the delays might jeopardise FIFA’s other grants like the FIFA Assistance Programme and Goal Project. The project is geared at helping teams acclimatise ahead of the World Cup.
“We also requested the continental body CAF to assist us construct our own stadium and they promised to get back to us this week,†said Masembe.
Meanwhile, CAF ruled that all zonal congresses should have a CAF representative for the sake of transparency.
Local soccer governing body FUFA has asked Nakivubo stadium to accept an offer of an artificial turf worth $0.8m (sh1.3bn).
Mandela National Stadium, Namboole, showed no interest in the offer by the international soccer governing body FIFA, in their “Win for Africa in Africa†project that aims at having an artificial turf in an already constructed field.
This will enable World Cup-bound teams to play warm up games across the continent before the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
But efforts to fix the turf at Namboole fell on the wayside as both parties failed even to meet over the project.
FUFA has now resorted to Nakivubo to see whether they can be allowed to fix the turf there.
“We are going to talk to them about the project. FIFA told us that we have to come out with a final decision by February 26 and inform them about it. Hopefully, we would have got a venue by then,†narrated federation chief executive Charles Masembe.
Masembe said the delays might jeopardise FIFA’s other grants like the FIFA Assistance Programme and Goal Project. The project is geared at helping teams acclimatise ahead of the World Cup.
“We also requested the continental body CAF to assist us construct our own stadium and they promised to get back to us this week,†said Masembe.
Meanwhile, CAF ruled that all zonal congresses should have a CAF representative for the sake of transparency.