Former Uganda Volleyball Federation president, Sadik Nasiwu intends to stand for the post again after picking nomination forms and publically declaring.

In a circular addressed to all UVF affiliates in November 2020, the volleyball governing body UVF called for interested persons to pick nomination forms for the 8 slots available in the UVF Elective Positions. The posts include President, 1st Vise President, 2nd Vise President, General Secretary, Assistant General Secretary, Treasurer, Club Representatives (3), and District Associations Representative (3).

Executive member of Uganda Olympic Committee, FIVB internal auditor, and professional accountant, Sadik Nasiwu has publically declared his interest to stand for the post of Uganda Volleyball Federation president.

Mr. Sadik Nasiwu served as UVF president for 8 years from 2008 to 2016 when he stepped down citing that he felt that he had served enough. “Recently, looking at the status of the game of volleyball before and now, and the requests I have received both locally, regionally, and internationally, I believe that it is time again to command work for the game of volleyball,” said Mr. Sadik Nasiwu.

During the 2020 Elective Congress was held to decide the next leaders of the volleyball governing of Africa (CAVB), incumbent president Hadija Namanda aspired for the post Gender Minority against Agness Nakaonga KAKOMA from Zambia and Mpho PALIME from Lesotho. The post was won by the Lesotho delegate. It is not yet clear whether the incumbent president will return to retain her Title.

“The shortfalls which I had in my regime was lack of understanding of other stakeholders’ interest. Sometimes we felt they expected too much or their expectations were not clear, but after the 4 fours of seeing what is going on, we have also understood exactly what they were asking for and I believe they had a point at a particular time,” mentioned Mr. Sadik Nasimu.

Sadik mentioned some of the achievements during his regime which included bringing on national league sponsors NSSF, technical development of coaches and referees, and grass-root development of the sport.

The election of the next UVF executive members will take place on 31 January 2020.

The Volleyball governing body of Kenya KVF has set 20th January 2021 as the new date for the upcoming league campaign to be played indoors.  

In a meeting held on Saturday in Nairobi, Representatives from the Kenya Volleyball Federation KVF and team managers agreed on new dates close to the one previously set. The league was earlier set to commence 15th -17th January 2021 but after this congress, The new league campaign will serve-off on 22nd January 2021.

“Going forward, we will be at par with other nations that have their league matches indoor and, in many occasions, have had an upper hand in championships,” said KVF treasurer Kenneth Tonui. Uganda still holds league games at outdoor venues due to the enormous number of teams participating in the tightly scheduled volleyball calendar except for the playoffs.

Following the statement above, Kenneth said the federation is looking at 4 venues, Makande Hall in Mombasa, Africa Nazerene University, Bomas of Kenya, and Moi International Sports Centre Indoor Arena, Kasarani to play the league matches.

“We will have matches spread across the four facilities and if all goes well, the season is scheduled to end in June. We are glad Nairobi Water women’s team is back in the league having been out of action for a while,” said Tonui.

The new league will attract 8 women’s teams including defending champions Kenya Prisons, KCB Women’s Team, Kenya Pipeline, Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI), Kenya Defence Forces (KDF), Kenya Army, Nairobi Prisons, and returning Nairobi Water.

In the men’s league, 13 teams are expected to participate including, General Service Unit (GSU), Kenya Ports Authority (KPA), Kenya Prisons, KDF, Equity Bank, Mombasa Prisons, Administration Police (AP), Vihiga County, Kenya Army, Forest Rangers, Nairobi Prisons, Western Prisons, and Rift Valley Prisons.

The early start of the national volleyball league is a good sign that Kenya is making big steps to the resumption of volleyball activities in the country. The women’s national volleyball team will participate at the TOKYO Olympics and this will be ample time for head coach Paul Bitok to assess his Malkia strikers.