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The Citizen<\/a> (Dar\u00a0es\u00a0Salaam)<\/p>\n

29 July 2011<\/p>\n

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editorial<\/p>\n

The government has finally taken action on the embarrassing incident in which power went off at the ultra-modern National Stadium in Dar es Salaam just after the June 10 Kagame Cup final pitting bitter rivals Simba SC and Young Africans.<\/p>\n

Ms Josephine Mutahiwa has taken over management of the stadium from Mr Rishiankira Urio. The appointment was announced on Wednesday after The Citizen published an exclusive story on the findings of the ministerial probe committee appointed to investigate the blackout.<\/p>\n

We look forward to better management of the impressive facility. Tanzania cannot afford any more drama of similar nature. We have a reputation to uphold, for pity’s sake.<\/p>\n

There have been serious systemic problems in the way the stadium has been managed since it was officially handed over to the government two years ago. The 60,000-seat stadium is a huge undertaking and, it would appear, maintaining it is a challenge for the government-appointed management, which has been unable to guarantee that the standby generator works at all times.<\/p>\n

And this is just one example of the managerial inadequacies that have been synonymous with the stadium since it hosted its first sporting event in 2006.<\/p>\n

The litany of woes includes hundreds of broken seats in a stadium barely five years old. The management has on several occasions complained about the “destructive” tendencies of spectators attending matches at the arena.<\/p>\n

Our managers are apparently unaware that it is the norm rather than the exception for any large stadium to suffer some degree of damage whenever a football match or any other sporting event attracts a large crowd. The necessary repairs have to be done without delay, yet this has not been the case at the stadium.<\/p>\n

The biggest problem, it seems, is lack of expertise in running such a big and complex sports facility. We were used to handling tiny and outdated stadiums.This is different, and we need to scale up our response to match the task.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the government can send a few officials abroad to gain the requisite knowledge. And then it might want to invest more time and money into keeping the stadium in spick and span condition.<\/p>\n

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The Citizen (Dar\u00a0es\u00a0Salaam) 29 July 2011 editorial The government has finally taken action on the embarrassing incident in which power went off at the ultra-modern National Stadium in Dar es Salaam just after the June 10 Kagame Cup final pitting bitter rivals Simba SC and Young Africans. Ms Josephine Mutahiwa has taken over management of the stadium from Mr Rishiankira Urio. The appointment was announced on Wednesday after The Citizen published an exclusive story on the findings of the ministerial probe committee appointed to investigate the blackout. We look forward to better management of the impressive facility. Tanzania cannot afford any more drama of similar nature. We have a reputation to uphold, for pity’s sake. There have been serious systemic problems in the way the stadium has been managed since it was officially handed over to the government two years ago. The 60,000-seat stadium is a huge undertaking and, it would appear, maintaining it is a challenge for the government-appointed management, which has been unable to guarantee that the standby generator works at all times. And this is just one example of the managerial inadequacies that have been synonymous with the stadium since it hosted its first sporting event in 2006. The litany of woes includes hundreds of broken seats in a stadium barely five years old. The management has on several occasions complained about the “destructive” tendencies of spectators attending matches at the arena. Our managers are apparently unaware that it is the norm rather than the exception for any large stadium to suffer some degree of damage whenever a football match or any other sporting event attracts a large crowd. The necessary repairs have to be done without delay, yet this has not been the case at the stadium. The biggest problem, it seems, is lack of expertise in running such a big and complex sports facility. We were used to handling tiny and outdated stadiums.This is different, and we need to scale up our response to match the task. Perhaps the government can send a few officials abroad to gain the requisite knowledge. And then it might want to invest more time and money into keeping the stadium in spick and span condition. More News on allAfrica.com AllAfrica – All the Time <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-470523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\nTanzania: Stadium Management Woes Are Systemic - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/29\/tanzania-stadium-management-woes-are-systemic\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Tanzania: Stadium Management Woes Are Systemic - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The Citizen (Dar\u00a0es\u00a0Salaam) 29 July 2011 editorial The government has finally taken action on the embarrassing incident in which power went off at the ultra-modern National Stadium in Dar es Salaam just after the June 10 Kagame Cup final pitting bitter rivals Simba SC and Young Africans. 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