Nakivubo stadium owes Uganda Revenue Authority sh150m
Feb 19, 2009
A sh150m debt has been given as the main reason Nakivubo Stadium is renting out part of its land.
By Juliet Waiswa, R. Nabukenya & j. Were
A sh150m debt has been given as the main reason Nakivubo Stadium is renting out part of its land.
Kampala Mayor Nasser Ssebaggala revealed that the stadium owes Uganda Revenue Authority sh150m in tax arrears.
Ssebaggala said in an interview on Wednesday that the stadium has to clear the arrears it owes URA.
He said the increasing operational costs of running the stadium have forced the sports ministry to rent part of it out to developers in order to raise sh150m that the stadium owes URA.
Ssebaggala said that KCC is not responsible for the development at the 88-year-old stadium adding that sports minister Charles Bakkabulindi conferred to him that the action was the only way to raise funds.
“Nakivubo is not KCC’s responsibility and the developments taking place is the responsibility of the sports ministry,†Ssebaggala said.
Part of Nakivubo Stadium land has been turned into a bus terminal. The two-acre piece, located behind the stadium’s open stand, Kirussia, has been rented out to Allied Owners Bus Association.
Meanwhile, KCC sports officer Tom Lwanga has opposed the give away to bus owners for a terminal.
Lwanga, a former KCC FC tactician, said that the sports minister and Nakivubo management are only focused on money but not the life of people.
“I totally disagree with the trustees and minister’s position to give away part of Nakivubo to bus operators because of the associated problems,†said Lwanga.
“We don’t need to think of money alone, but also consider other issues that can affect not only sports but also the people around the facility, security concerns inclusive,†Lwanga added.
A sh150m debt has been given as the main reason Nakivubo Stadium is renting out part of its land.
Kampala Mayor Nasser Ssebaggala revealed that the stadium owes Uganda Revenue Authority sh150m in tax arrears.
Ssebaggala said in an interview on Wednesday that the stadium has to clear the arrears it owes URA.
He said the increasing operational costs of running the stadium have forced the sports ministry to rent part of it out to developers in order to raise sh150m that the stadium owes URA.
Ssebaggala said that KCC is not responsible for the development at the 88-year-old stadium adding that sports minister Charles Bakkabulindi conferred to him that the action was the only way to raise funds.
“Nakivubo is not KCC’s responsibility and the developments taking place is the responsibility of the sports ministry,†Ssebaggala said.
Part of Nakivubo Stadium land has been turned into a bus terminal. The two-acre piece, located behind the stadium’s open stand, Kirussia, has been rented out to Allied Owners Bus Association.
Meanwhile, KCC sports officer Tom Lwanga has opposed the give away to bus owners for a terminal.
Lwanga, a former KCC FC tactician, said that the sports minister and Nakivubo management are only focused on money but not the life of people.
“I totally disagree with the trustees and minister’s position to give away part of Nakivubo to bus operators because of the associated problems,†said Lwanga.
“We don’t need to think of money alone, but also consider other issues that can affect not only sports but also the people around the facility, security concerns inclusive,†Lwanga added.