Employer - NCS. Project Hoima City Stadium.
Contractor - M/S Summa
Supervisor - Ministry of works
Project Scope was to include;Main Stadium (20k seater),Mini Arena (2k seater),Semi Olympic Swimming Pool (25m x 12.5m),Stadium and Outdoor Pitch ( 68m x 106m), Stadium and Outdoor running track,2 basketball and 2 volleyball courts.
Contract Type: EPC(Engineering Procurement Construction "Design +Build-Turnkey.
Project Duration -18 months
Defects liability period -12 months
Commencement Date - 01-09-2024
Official Completion Date 28-02-2026
Total Site Area - 16.8 hectares(168,000sqm)
Total Seat Capacity - 20k
Total Parking Lots - 839 (720 open + 119 closed)
Number of VVIP/VIP suites.
1 Presidential Suite + 12 Sky boxes and VIP lounges.
Number of elevators - 8 ( 2 VVIP,2VIP,3PWD,1 service elevator)
Number of WC - 59 sanitary units and 13 disabled units
Dressing Room - four units
Press conference room-50 seats capacity
Number of concession units - 10 units (710sqm)
Number of retail units - 5
Staff deployed during the construction was 1067 of which 732(69%) were Ugandan,266 (25%) Turkish and 69 (6%) 3rd country personnel.
Cost - 129m-usD (500b/-)
Timelines in the history of the Hoima City Stadium.
April 2019
Dr.James Rujumba (RIP) Family hands over 10 acres of land to FUFA to build a legacy project (stadium) in Hoima.
October (26-27) 2020
Federation of Uganda football associations signs memorandum of understanding with the family of the late Dr.James Rujumba (East Africa's first veterinary doctor) family that offered 10 acres of land to the Federation to build a legacy project.
May 2024
The land grew to 42 acres in total after FUFA handed over 20 acres and government acquired the rest.
7 June 2024
A contract between government and Turkish firm M/S Summa to begin construction was signed at State House Nakasero under the watchful eyes of the first Lady and Minister for education and sports.
*September 1 2024
Construction of the stadium started.
*December 2025
Stadium construction complete,handed over to NCS and officially commissioned by H.E. Yoweri Museveni.