With no CAF approved stadiums to stage international games, neighbors Uganda are now mulling over moving down South with Zambia as their best bet for a new home away from home with Malawi and Egypt also being considered.Alongside Kenya, Rwanda and Ethiopia, Uganda is among East African nations without stadiums fit to host CAF or FIFA matches.In total 24 out of the 54-member associations of CAF, the continental football organization based in Cairo, Egypt, cannot host high profile games.⚽️🇺🇬 Uganda, Ethiopia, Namibia, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Zimbabwe etc do not have a fit stadium to host the Africa Cup of Nations 2023 qualifiers matchday 3 and 4.#AfricanFootball pic.twitter.com/WvF48JAcZv— Eric Njiru (@EricNjiiru) February 2, 2023 Only Tanzania has this capability in the region, but unfortunately for Uganda, their next international engagement will be against the Taifa Stars of Tanzania in the ongoing 2023 AFCON qualifiers in September.”Unfortunately, all our immediate neighbors don’t have stadiums that qualify. Tanzania has one, but we are playing against them in the #AFCONQ so we are looking at nations like Zambia, Malawi, and Egypt, among others,” Uganda football federation president and a Member of Parliament for Budiope East Eng. Moses Magogo disclosed.Mercurial Tusker ranked best Kenyan club ahead of record champions Gor MahiaUganda’s main football arena, Mandela National Stadium, Namboole, has been under renovation for a while now, but its completion time is not known.”Mandela National Stadium, Namboole was stopped because it had so many structural problems. The good thing Government of Uganda provided money for its renovation, and work is ongoing.The speed and quality we are not responsible for because we are just clients in Namboole like any other,” he added.##NAJAVA_MECA_6988909##Magogo underscored the need to develop football infrastructure in Uganda.”Sporting infrastructure is no different from other infrastructure like roads or resources like electricity that should be and are provided by the Government of Uganda. As Ugandans, we need to collectively demand and put to task the government to invest in sports infrastructure,” he concluded.IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING: The awe-inspiring story of para-athlete John Ochieng
