UVF Elections: Incumbent Namanda Concedes Defeat, Promised not to Quit Volleyball

Hadijah Namanda,voted out as the Uganda volleyball federation president in the federation’s elections held at Hockey grounds Lugogo on Sunday, 31, January, 2021.

The delegates from different Districts, schools and clubs, has on today converged at Lugogo to elect the new leadership that will direct the sport in the next four years, and the 282 delegates who attended the elective Assembly, decided to vote out Hadijah Namanda out of office and replaced her with the once Sports president, Sadiq Nasiwu.

Nasiwu, gunned 229 votes to beat his competitors in Incumbent Hadija Namanda and the three-time presidential aspirant, Eddie Okila who collected 20 and 27 votes respectively.

In an exclusive interview with this website after losing the elections, Namanda conceded that she lost the battle but she is not to quit the sport where her expertise is.

“I am happy that volleyball has made a decision, but what I did for the game in my tenure gives me a pride.” Namanda concedes.

“The things am proud of, in my three years, we managed to held a number of international games, we had two international courses which doesn’t happen in any country in Africa.

Leaving the federation when the women team ranked 9th, men at 17th is not a mini thing for me, I gave it my heart and it will remain as a legacy.” She explained.

Namanda also said that he can’t leave the game of volleyball even though she won’t have any office.

“The good thing am a qualified person in different ways, I am a FIVB level two coach, an international referee, so I am not quitting, I am going to stay for so long, in fact I am going to continue with the grassroot programmes and teaching volleyball to kids in slams, because the game has to grow.” Namanda

Contrary to her, the counterpart, Eddie Okila, who lost the race for the third time in the row, refused to concede citing that the electoral process wasn’t following the constitution and he is not sure whether the electorates were really delegates.

New Elected Executive

President- Hajji Sadiq Nasiwu

1st Vice president – Ahmed K Abdula

2nd Vice president- Kairungi Salma

General Secretary- Godwin Ssennyondo

Assistant General Secretary- Eunice Nuwabigaba

Treasurer- Odong Joseph

Club representative- Asaba Levian

District representative- Innocent Komakech.