Francis Bbale is Kabale University guild president

PIC: Bbale celebrating with his supporters after being declared the winner. (Credit: Job Namanya)

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KABALE - Francis Bbale Rukundo, a second year student of bachelor of engineering has been declared the Kabale University guild president for 2018-2019.

Bale's victory was made possible after he defeated four others; Ivan Machacha, Isaac Nuwamanya, Blaise Mugisha and Elizabeth Aturinda.

Bill Niwahereza, the Kabale University electoral commission chairperson declared Bale a winner 8:00pm on Saturday after he got 535 votes.

He was followed by Machacha, who got 378 votes. Aturinda came in the third position with 344 votes, Mugisha had 244 votes. Isaac Niwamanya came last with 122 votes.

After his declaration, Bbale promised to ensure that the students' welfare is catered for.

"Since we became a public university, the Government started contributing towards our development. Therefore, it is an expectation of students to see an improvement in their welfare since we pay a lot of money," Bbale said.

He also promised to lobby for more donors to support the university.

"Where we are now, the university demands more donors to kick off as far as development is concerned," he said.

Rosette Kobusingye, a second year student of the diploma in information communication technology, said their next guild president should help in bridging the gap between students and the administration.

"Our administration passes out policies that do not at times meet students' interests. We, therefore, pray that our guild president-elect should reconcile students' interests with administration," she said.