[4][5] She is the proprietor of Tena Tennis Academy and serves as the treasurer of the African Volleyball Confederation (CAVB) in East Africa.
Hadijah also works in the Voter Data Management department at the Uganda Electoral Commission.
She is the first born of the seven children of the late Sawuya Naggayi and Abdu Ssenyondo of Masaka District.
[4][6] In October 2020, Hadija contested for a gender minority position at the Confederation of African Volleyball (CAVB)[7][8] however, she did not emerge victorious after Lesotho counterpart won the election.
[9] Namanda has practiced a number of sports, including table tennis, in which she was ranked ninth in Africa in 1996, and badminton.