{"id":37956,"date":"2018-08-06T12:55:09","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T12:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/ngoma-district-stadium-construction-works-start\/"},"modified":"2018-08-06T12:52:34","modified_gmt":"2018-08-06T12:52:34","slug":"ngoma-district-stadium-construction-works-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/ngoma-district-stadium-construction-works-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Ngoma District Stadium construction works start"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ngoma District Stadium is President Paul Kagame\u2019s pledge in the district during  presidential campaigns last year where he promised Eastern Province three stadiums of Ngoma, Bugesera and Nyagatare.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ngoma District Head of Infrastructure, C\u00e9lestin Mutabazi, the stadium will be constructed on a surface area of 4.5 hectares.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis stadium being constructed in Kibungo Sector, had basic activities like plot preparation started in June. It is being constructed by China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) and will seat on 4.5 hectares and will have seating capacity of 3500 spectators,\u201d he said in an interview with IGIHE.<\/p>\n<p>The stadium will have football, tennis, volleyball, basketball and handball pitches. <\/p>\n<p>Ngoma District Mayor, Aphrodis Nambaje told IGIHE that the stadium iwill as well be hosting different entertainment events.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cI believe that when Rwanda hosts international competitions like CAN or CHAN, this stadium can also host some games and other events,\u201d Nambaje said.<\/p>\n<p>Different people who spoke to IGIHE said the stadium will facilitate them in talent promotion among the youth.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cIt will be a great facility for our local team Etoile de l \u2018Est, which, with proper usage may propel it into first division,\u201d said Ngoma resident, James Ngaboyisonga.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-26540 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ngoma_5-2-49213.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-26541 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ngoma_4-2-81274.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Construction works for a modern stadium in Ngoma District have started with hope to be completed in one year at a cost of Rwf8 billion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-37956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37956\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37956"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=37956"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=37956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}