The transition of power at Makerere University’s student government is now officially scheduled. The Office of the Dean of Students has announced that the swearing-in ceremony of the 92nd Students’ Guild Leadership for 2026/2027 will be held on Wednesday, April 15, 2026 at CTF 2, Auditorium Conference Room, starting at 8:00 AM.
The announcement, contained in a formal notice signed by Dean of Students Dr. Winifred Kabumbuli and dated Monday April 13, 2026, was issued in accordance with Article 81(5) of the Guild Constitution and addressed to all students of Makerere University.
For Kadondi Gracious — who won the 92nd Guild Presidential election on April 9, 2026 with 6,801 votes against former Miss Uganda Hannah Karema Tumukunde’s 5,787 — Wednesday’s ceremony marks the formal and constitutional transfer of the student leadership mantle.
It brings to a close one of the most turbulent, politically charged, and nationally watched guild election seasons in Makerere’s 100-year history — a campaign that saw a debate halted by violence, a venue standoff make national headlines, King Saha and Bobi Wine publicly back Kadondi, and a digital election that drew thousands of student voters across the university’s colleges and campuses.
The swearing-in transforms the election result into constitutional authority. From Wednesday morning, Kadondi Gracious is no longer Guild President-elect. She is the 92nd Guild President of Makerere University.
The formal notice has been copied to the Vice Chancellor, both Deputy Vice Chancellors, the University Secretary, the University Bursar, the Academic Registrar, the Director of Legal Affairs, all Wardens of Halls of Residence, the Guild Administrator, the Chief Security Officer, the Office in Charge of Makerere University Police, the outgoing Guild President, the Guild President-elect, and the Chairman of the Electoral Commission.
The breadth of the copy list reflects the institutional significance of the swearing-in — this is not a student ceremony. It is a constitutional event witnessed by the full administrative leadership of Uganda’s premier public university.
Kadondi ran on a platform of accountability, student welfare, and political freedom. She promised to fight for higher government allowances, a food court with subsidised vendor rents, supplementary exams for finalists, implementation of the 60 percent tuition policy, and the restoration of political freedoms that students argue have been systematically curtailed since the 2022 guild constitution amendments.
The students who voted for her — and the 5,787 who voted for her opponent — will be watching to see how quickly those promises move from manifesto to action.
Wednesday at 8:00 AM, CTF 2 Auditorium Conference Room, the 92nd chapter of Makerere University’s student leadership begins.
