UGANDA RUGBY UNION MORE BOLDER THAN KENYA RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION

Uganda Rugby bosses have taken a much more bolder move than the Kenya Rugby Football Union in deciding to hold their international rugby matches and events at Mandela National Stadium, Namboole. The Mandela National Stadium is similar in size to Kenya's Nairobi West Nyayo National Stadium.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyayo_National_Stadium

There have been calls in Kenya to move the Safari Sevens which this year will be the Safaricom Safari Sevens to a much bigger and easier to access venue. This would be perfect at the Nyayo National Stadium and it would see the game being accessed by common mwananchi at cheaper ticket prices. The Bamburi Series can be a good trial and it is not too late to change. Are the organisers listening? or can Safaricom and Michael Joseph move their event to Nyayo as they make their grand entry into big time rugby sevens?

MANDELA National stadium has welcomed Uganda Rugby Union’s decision to use the facility as a venue for some of its matches.

“We welcome them with open hands. And I can assure them that even if they wanted the venue this week they would have it,” said Swaib Mulinya, the managing director of the sports facility.

URU recently announced that it would shift its international matches to Namboole because of inadequate space at the KRUFC and Kyadondo grounds. Union boss William Blick however expressed worries about possible bureaucratic delays.

Mulinya dispelled such fears in as far as Namboole is concerned. “URU should remember that this facility is run by a limited liabil¬ity company. We can make rugby happen at Namboole faster than URU thinks,” promised Mulinya.

Mulinya explained that all that was required are a few changes in the demarcations of the field.

“That’s something we can work out with them for URU to have a truly international venue.”

South Africa, the 2010 soccer World Cup hosts, is a classic case where the same fields are used for rugby and football. USA, at the 1994 football World Cup con¬verted American football grounds to soccer pitches.