Several police officers were evicted from their houses at the Naguru Barracks, which are located near the police headquarters in the capital city.

It was claimed that the move would help police to streamline their operations, while offering the UOC the land they required to develop the facility.

“International Olympic Committee (IOC) is going to fund the project to have a high performance centre in Naguru,” police spokesman Fred Enanga told Daily Monitor.

“What UOC lacked was land, which we had.

“So we signed a Memorandum of Understanding to have a partnership.

“The eviction paves way for the construction of the facility.”

Last November, IOC development consultant Robert Mutsauki claimed Uganda could target a number of medals at the 2024 Olympic Games if a proposed strategic plan was formulated and implemented.

It followed a UOC strategic planning workshop in Kampala, in which the organisation outlined their aim to become the best sports body in Africa by 2024.

The UOC also revealed last June they are to direct resources towards sports where the country has more medal potential in an attempt to boost their tallies at Olympic and Commonwealth Games.

Uganda has won just seven Olympics medals, two of them gold, since competing at the Games for the first time at Melbourne in 1956.

Stephen Kiprotich won the men’s marathon at London 2012 to secure Uganda’s first Olympic gold in 40 years.

The country's other gold medal had come at Munich 1972 when John Akii-Bua won the 400 metres hurdles.