Africa-Press – Uganda. The Uganda Volleyball Federation (UVF) goes to polls on January 31 with five positions of office namely president, first vice president, second vice president, general secretary, assistant general secretary and treasurer all up for grabs.
Of all the five offices, the presidency will hog all the headlines as it represents a race of familiar foes and faces running for the biggest job in local volleyball.
Incumbent Hadijja Namanda is up against her predecessor Sadik Nasiwu while Eddie Okila, a runner up in the last two elections returns with renewed hopes of upsetting the status quo.
Okila represents the wave of change hoping to sweep away Namanda, who took over office in 2017. “I want to change things by fixing all the problems the sport has faced for ages,” Okila told Daily Monitor as he prepares to launch his manifesto tomorrow.
Okila has stood for office twice and fallen short on both occasions. He however discredits the election processes that saw him fall to Nasiwu and Namanda in 2011 and 2017 respectively.
In fact he loathes using the word ‘lost’ in reference to results from the last two elections. “First of all, I have never lost. A loss is when everything is credible and you lose to a person who has been voted to power with all the right procedures followed,” he said.
“All that happens is schools being smuggled in to out vote Kampala clubs which has been the case since Aisu Omongole’s time in 2008,” he adds. Now Okila, a health and fitness coach, says he is ready to wrestle two heavyweights.
UVF ELECTIONS PresidentHadijah NamandaEddie OkilaSadik Nasiwu First Vice PresidentAnthony AshabaStephen Waiswa ArdoneAbdallah Kiggundu Second Vice PresidentSalmah KairungiHellen NakimuliFaridah Nalinya General SecretaryHassan Lubinga SekajoloGodwin Nakaana Ssenyondo
Assistant
General SecretaryKizza MargaretEunice Nuwabigaba TreasurerAdam MugishaJoseph Adong
