By Geraldine Ssali Busulwa Contrary to some sentiments, NSSF investments in Umeme were made in good faith and did not break any laws I feel obliged to reassure our members by clarifying on the numerous misrepresentations being attributed to various witnesses called to the ongoing Parliamentary probe particularly in regard …
Read More »NSSF in Carrier expo
By Patric Kagenda In a bid to create awareness on its activities, the NSSF has launched an expo that will see it traverse institutions of higher learning. The expo is targeting University students aspiring to work for corporate companies, government and non-government organisations have an opportunity to sharpen their employment …
Read More »NSSF to spend US$400 million on Lubowa project
By Julius Businge The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has today (Nov. 13) unveiled a master plan for the construction of 2, 741 housing units in Lubowa estate, which it acquired 10 years ago. When development starts, later in 2014, it will be the first investment on the estate that …
Read More »No one is safe at NSSF
By Haggai Matsiko Major shake-up in management looms at Shs3.4 trillion workers fund Richard Byarugaba, the managing director of the National Social Security Fund, remains firm he will retain his job after Finance Minister Maria Kiwanuka directed it should be advertised. But coming at a time when Byarugaba faces mismanagement …
Read More »NSSF’s real estate ghosts
By Haggai Matsiko Costs continue to soar as NSSF, PPDA, IGG haggle over procurement rules In NSSF’s current advert running in the media, the bespectacled managing director Richard Byarugaba says: “So every time you think of NSSF, think of it as a promise to remain true to you,” to which …
Read More »Who will save us from NSSF?
By Andrew M. Mwenda The only way a managing director can protect their job at the fund is by sitting on their arms and doing nothing Early this year, the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) bought shares worth Shs 52 billion in an Initial Public Offering by Umeme, the electricity …
Read More »NSSF hits Sh3 trillion mark
By Julius Businge The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has recorded Shs3 trillion as its asset base for the period ending November 2012, the Fund’s Managing Director, Richard Byarugaba told a press conference in Kampala on Nov. 6. Byarugaba said over the past 12 months, despite the harsh economic conditions, …
Read More »Democracy holds NSSF hostage
By Andrew M. Mwenda How a tiny minority of trade unionists have used politics to wrest control from the majority of the fund’s subscribers. In his State of the Nation address, President Yoweri Museveni said government was going to borrow money from the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) to finance …
Read More »Reducing NSSF suspense account
By Richard Byarugaba At the end of the 2009 fiscal year, the balance was Shs95 billion, by end of the 2011 it had dropped to Shs28 billion Our attention has been drawn to recent press reports regarding Shs28 billion reported by the Auditor General as being held in a suspense …
Read More »Our members get real value, says NSSF
Our article titled, “NSSF on the spot,” (The Independent, March 02- 08), which was based on the Auditor General’s report of 2011, pointed out a range of issues mainly revolving around the Fund’s performance. The Independent sought out the Managing Director Richard Byarugaba to get a response to the …
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