Newly elected Makerere University Guild President, Gracious Kadondi, says she was not hurt when the outgoing Guild President, Churchill James Ssentamu, didn’t convey his support to her in the race.
On Thursday, 9th April 2026, Gracious Kadondi was voted the 92nd Guild President of Makerere University, securing the institution’s most powerful student leadership seat on the NUP ticket.
She beat several other candidates, including former Miss Uganda, Hannah Karema.
In an interview, Kadondi revealed that she decided to stand for Guild Presidency because, while still Vice President, she did not get the chance to implement certain policies and decisions.
She revealed her intent to stand for the guild presidency wasn’t for selfish interests but rather to effect changes and administer policies from a position of power as the Guild President.
I got the thought of standing for Guild presidency when I was the Vice President. When you’re the Vice President, you try to influence certain decisions, but sometimes they have their own agenda, and because you’re just appointed, your own agenda may not be considered. That is why I then decided to come and contest for Guild President.
She also noted that Churchill was not entitled to support her, and his choice of another candidate only motivated her to double her efforts, eventually enabling her to win the seat.
Churchill appointed me his Vice President when he was the Guild President. Everyone has the right to support who they want, and he made that choice out of the 13 contestants. It didn’t annoy me because no one is entitled to support me. It only gave me more reason to work harder.
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