{"id":39600,"date":"2019-07-02T12:04:07","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T12:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/three-stadiums-under-construction-in-eastern\/"},"modified":"2019-07-05T09:29:12","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T09:29:12","slug":"three-stadiums-under-construction-in-eastern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/three-stadiums-under-construction-in-eastern\/","title":{"rendered":"Three stadiums under construction in Eastern Province to be completed this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These stadiums were part of promises by President Paul Kagame during previous presidential campaigns. <\/p>\n<p>Nyirasafari revealed this as she visited the construction site of Nyagatare stadium. <\/p>\n<p>Construction activities of these stadiums began in July 2018. They were expected to be completed July 2019 but stalled over issues related to late provision of equipment among others. <\/p>\n<p>Emmanuel Ntirigiribambe, one of workers at Gasabo 3d, a company supervising the construction of Nyagatare stadium attributed delayed completion to late delivery of equipment. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLate delivery of equipment and unskilled workers are among problems that resulted into stalling the completion of the project. Most of these issues have been fixed that we are currently working day and night to complete the project shortly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Nyirasafari explained that they have requested contractors to increase workers and improve performance to fast track the implementation of projects. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cConstruction activities are on good progress. We expect these stadiums to be operational by the end of this year, bringing international competitions held in Rwanda closer to residents. You know that Rubavu and Huye have already started hosting such games. We expect the same upon completion,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>Nyirasafari requested residents in the neighborhood of these stadiums to maximize advantages form their presence running different businesses to serve guests. <\/p>\n<p>The stadiums are built in Bugesera, Nyagatare and Ngoma districts. <\/p>\n<p>Each stadium will be completed at a cost of over Rwf 8 billion with the capacity to accommodate 3500 people. <\/p>\n<p>The stadiums have extra playgrounds for secondary games like Volleyball, Basketball and Handball. <\/p>\n<p>Eastern Province is home to different football teams including Bugesera FC, Sunrise FC and Kirehe FC among others which had no home playgrounds. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-30189 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/img_20190620_133205-732cb.jpg\" alt=\"Each stadium will have the capacity to accommodate 3500 people. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-30190 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/img_20190620_133234-59916.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-30191 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/img_20190620_140122-c0d32.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-30192 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/img-20190618-wa0019-cb452.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-30193 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/img-20190620-wa0005-c770a.jpg\" alt=\"The stadiums are built in Bugesera, Nyagatare and Ngoma districts. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-30194 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/img-20190620-wa0010-ab7c1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-30195 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/img-20190620-wa0011-ea47f.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-30196 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/img_20190620_134232-a98cf.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-30197 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/img_20190620_134242-0550c.jpg\" alt=\"The Minister of Sports and Culture (MINISPOC), Esp\u00e9rance Nyirasafari and  Juliet Murekatete, the vice mayor of Nyagatare  visiting Nyagatare Stadium site\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Sports and Culture (MINISPOC), Esp\u00e9rance Nyirasafari has assured Eastern Province residents that three stadiums under construction in the region will have been completed by the end of 2019. 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