Madam Speaker, in my written reply PQ B/1098 of the Sitting of 25 November 2025, I have provided the reason why the Anjalay Coopen Stadium is not fully operational. I would like to highlight once again the deplorable state of sports infrastructures that this government inherited from the previous regime. My Ministry has already initiated urgent and corrective actions to address the issues. The main reasons why the Anjalay Coopen Stadium is not fully operational are as follows – (i) heavy water leakage on the Grand stand; (ii) absence of fire certificate due to faulty fire alarm system; (iii) defective fire hose reels and firefighting equipment; (iv) damaged bucket seats and unusable changing rooms; (v) broken tiles and damaged false ceilings; (vi) flaking and cracking paints, and (vii) pigeon infestation. Madam Speaker, for the current financial year, an amount of Rs15 million has been provided to my Ministry for upgrading works at Anjalay Coopen Stadium. As at date, these funds have already been fully committed as follows – (a) A contract amounting to Rs13 million had been awarded for upgrading works. The work comprised removal and replacement of damaged tiles in corridors and changing rooms, repairs to spalled concrete, internal and external painting works to the front stadium block, application of floor dressing, paint where required, replacement of damaged false ceiling, and removal of wooden ducting. These works have been successfully completed last week. (b) A second contract amounting to some Rs3.2 million has been awarded for the supply and installation of bird netting and other accessories such as eagle bird eyes and propellers at the stadium. The works are ongoing and are expected to be completed in April 2026. Bids for supply and the installation of a new fire alarm system at the stadium are currently at evaluation stage. Thus, as a result of the works undertaken at the Anjalay Coopen Stadium, no funds remain available under the current financial year for additional upgrading works that are required to render the latter fully operational. The outstanding works that need to be undertaken thereat are as follows –  general electrical wiring and flooding repairs;  major civil and piping works;  waterproofing works;  replacement of bucket seats;  upgrading of the synthetic track;  installation of a scoreboard, and  general painting work. Madam Speaker, in view of the extent and nature of the works required at the stadium, substantial investment will be necessary to restore it to the required standard. My Ministry has already worked out a comprehensive scope of works for the rehabilitation of the whole stadium and a financial proposal will be made in the forthcoming Budget 2026-27 to the Ministry of Finance. Hence, at this stage, it would be premature to state a specific date for the reopening of the stadium. However, Madam Speaker, I wish to highlight that presently, other sections of the stadium are being put at the disposal of sports clubs and other organisations for sports and non-sport activities.

Yes, Mr Juman!

Madam Speaker, from what we heard from the hon. Minister, it is clear that it is not going to open in the next 12 or 18 months. Despite the stadium being closed, are you aware that we are spending around Rs1 million monthly as fixed cost and is this not a blatant case of spending public funds unjustly?

Like I said, there are some activities that are ongoing, some sport activities like football matches, the parking is being used for some rallies that we are organising for the function and there are also some activities that are going on. So, we cannot stop that. We have curtailed a lot of expenses but we have to do with what we have.

Yes, Mr Juman!

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Can I know from the hon. Minister when is the last time a football match was played there?

Like I said, the stadium, what we inherited...

Minister!

What we inherited...

Minister! Minister! He asked a specific question. When?

I do not have the exact answer but I am...

You do not have?

But I am saying...

The answer is you do not know.

No, I am saying that we did not have a real match in the stadium because it was not homologated.

You just said there was a football match recently.

Yes, last supplementary!

Though we spent around Rs13 million and we have a survey done by the CAF, can you lay the report of the survey to the National Assembly?

Following a close collaboration with the Mauritius Football Association (MFA), inspection of the stadium, Anjalay Coopen, was carried out by Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) Stadium Inspector during his mission in June 2025. As per the report submitted to the latter, the two stadiums – Anjalay Coopen and George V Stadium – currently do not meet the minimum CAF Stadium Requirement, that you just asked, to host international matches. So, there is no homologation for these matches but the CAF Inspector highlighted that the Anjalay Coopen Stadium required major upgrading works that we are actually doing and what we have to do in the future.

Can you lay on the Table, the CAF – I am not quite good at this one – Report? The CAF Report, is that what you want, hon. Juman? Yes, the CAF Report, can you?

I can table the report.

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