Ivan Ssewankambo, the leading structural Engineer at Nakivubo stadium construction site told Uganda Radio Network that they faced several setbacks majorly the structure review, which stalled the works for almost a year.
Early this year, AIBA donated the facility worth US$ 5million on request from Moses Muhangi, the President of Uganda Boxing Federation-UBF. AIBA tasked UBF to find suitable land to host the facility.