Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Social Security Fund (NSSF) managing director, Patrick Ayota has asked court to reject his predecessor, Richard Byarugaba’s plea to have his appointment quashed. Ayota told court to put the stability of NSSF above politics in what he described as “unmeritorious cries of a single …
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How former NSSF MD failed to read the room Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Former Managing Director of National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Richard Byarugaba on Sept. 27 made his latest attempt at getting back his old job: petitioning the High Court to quash the appointment of his successor …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former National Social Security Fund Managing Director, Richard Byarugaba should refund about 2.6 billion shillings lost under his tenure or face prosecution. That is part of the recommendations by the Inspectorate of Government(IGG) in a just-released report into alleged mismanagement of worker’s money. The investigation, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s select committee investigating operations of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has handed over the phones of two Fund officials to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) for further inquiries. The phone of the former NSSF Managing Director Richard Byarugaba and that of Chief Financial …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawmakers have criticised the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) for giving Uganda Clays an unsecured loan of Shs11 billion. This was during a meeting between NSSF management and the select committee investigating allegations of the fund’s mismanagement on Wednesday, 08 February 2023. The Chairperson of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Former Managing Director of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), Richard Byarugaba has appealed to parliament’s select committee investigating operations of the entity to have him re-appointed as the inquiry goes on. Byarugaba was on Friday appearing before the select committee to respond to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The former Managing Director of the National Social Security Fund-NSSF, Richard Byarugaba says that corruption allegations leveled against him have no evidence and are just a witch hunt. Byarugaba briefly made the statement before Parliament’s select committee investigating the operations of the NSSF. The select …
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Fund jinx catches another MD over alleged corruption Kampala, Uganda | Mubatsi Asinja Habati | For the past few months, NSSF has been in the news over a fight between the line Minister Betty Amongi and its out-going but still interested Managing Director (MD) Richard Byarugaba. Byarugaba is facing allegations of mismanagement …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker Anita Among has reiterated the importance of protecting workers’ savings stressing that any diversion of the funds is a criminal act. She also directed investigations into the operations and management of the National Social Security Fund by a select committee. Among said that the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Board of Directors of the National Social Security Fund-NSSF is set to commence investigations into the allegations of the Fund’s mismanagement by former Managing Director, Richard Byarugaba. Byarugaba’s contract expired at the end of November just after the expiry of his former deputy, Patrick …
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