Uganda Revenue Authority Football Club (URA FC) have announced plans to build a 25 000-seater stadium in Bugema in the Luweero District of Central Uganda.
URA’s new home will sit on 10 acres of land valued at Shs30m each. The new facility will have a training ground for the senior team as well as an academy to nurture talent. The tax collectors have been training from Gayaza, a rented ground.
“This is the first significant step to self-sustainability and the overall professionalisation of the club,” said Ali Sekatawa, the club chairman, at the groundbreaking ceremony on Friday.
“Of course we thank URA (the owners of the club) for bringing us up but then we expect that as football is professionalised in Uganda, it’s an industry of its own and therefore if we have our structures here, the 11 men on the pitch and their coaches can fulfill their dreams.
Sekatawa further revealed that in the interim they plan to move their training to the new ground once a few logistics are in place.
“We plan that in five years we shall have a fully fledged stadium,” added Sekatawa.
URA were formed in 1997 and have three Super League titles and two Uganda Cup trophies in their cabinet.
Source: Supersport