According to Dr Benard Ogwel, the National Council of Sports General Secretary, Shs438bn was allocated to renovate Namboole Stadium.
Controversy as National Council of Sports, Sports minister cite different figures allocated for Namboole renovation
National Council of Sports and Sports minister Peter Ogwang cited different amounts allocated for the renovation and refurbishment of Mandela National Stadium, commonly known as Namboole.
Dr Ogwel
However, sports minister Ogwang disagreed with the figure saying the budget is Shs219bn.
Ogwang further called for investigation into activities of the National Council of Sports (NCS), a government body mandated to develop, promote and control sports in Uganda.
He accused the body of allegedly registering briefcase sports federations which are fully funded by government but lack basics including offices or staff.
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He noted that there is need to re-examine the federations as he suspects some of them only exist on paper and do not account for government funds.
“We have a role to play in the management of the sports federations. That is why we have the National Council of Sports and I will not leave any stone unturned in ensuring we have legitimate federations. Any federation that doesn’t account for government funds will not get any more funds,” Ogwang said.
According to Dr. Patrick Ogwel, the General Secretary, NCS, they spent Shs4.8 billion to facilitate activities of the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Shs1 billion for the Fifth Islamic Solidarity games in Turkey and Shs400 million for the 2022 Rugby Sevens World Cup in South Africa among others.
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