AFCON 2027 LOC Boss Reveals Two Things Uganda Must Get Right to Match Morocco

With Morocco staging a memorable 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, focus has now shifted to East Africa with Uganda set to co-host the 2027 tournament, alongside Kenya and Tanzania.

Morocco set the bar high and there are already doubts over whether the three East African countries can maintain the standard with Ivorian journalist Mamadou Gaye raising concerns over transport logistics in the region.

While the Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Patrice Motsepe has maintained the tournament will be held in East Africa, there is a lot of work to be done and the three nations do not even have all the stadiums needed ready.

Uganda plans to use the Mandela National Stadium (Namboole) and Hoima Stadium, which is still under construction, while there are concerns over the transport system and accommodation facilities.

Besides those issues, Uganda AFCON 2027 Local Organising Committee Secretariat Operations Manager Decolas Kizza says there are other smaller things the country must get spot on to avoid a chaotic scenario.

“Morocco has had an accreditation system different from the others and I am sure the accreditation methodologies that we used for CHAN 2024 will have to be slightly different,” Kizza told journalist Clive Kyazze.

“They also have a safety and management system, the infrastructure and level of cleanliness and sanitation is higher than every other AFCON, and these are very big lessons,” he further noted.

That is an extra layer of pressure for Uganda, and indeed their East African neighbours, as they plan for AFCON 2027, as while the big issues are being cited, it appears the smaller ones could mess it up unless they are fixed in time.