{"id":247666,"date":"2023-01-18T19:02:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T17:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/uganda-gender-minister-to-present-status-report-on-national-social-security-fund-nssf?lang=en"},"modified":"2023-01-18T19:02:07","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T17:02:07","slug":"uganda-gender-minister-to-present-status-report-on-national-social-security-fund-nssf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/uganda-gender-minister-to-present-status-report-on-national-social-security-fund-nssf\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda: Gender Minister to present status report on National Social Security Fund (NSSF)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Speaker, Anita Among, has directed the Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Hon. Betty Amongi to present a statement on the current status of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

NSSF, whose portfolio stands at Shs17.9 trillion has recently been marred with allegations of corruption and mismanagement – including the renewal of the contract of its former Managing Director, Richard Byarugaba who attained the retirement age of 60.<\/p>\n

During plenary on Wednesday, 18 January 2023, Among said there is need for both Ministers of Gender and Finance to assure citizens that their savings remain safe amidst the controversies.<\/p>\n

“We need to find out from the Ministers of Gender and Finance whether the savers’ money is safe; we need a report in this House from tomorrow. Give us the status of savers’ money and tell us what the fight about,” she said.<\/p>\n

AUDIO Speaker Among<\/a><\/p>\n

NSSF is under the joint supervision of the Ministry of Gender and the Ministry of Finance.<\/p>\n

Hon. Allan Mayanja (NUP, Nakaseke Central) hailed the speaker for making this demand but also suggested further scrutiny is needed.<\/p>\n

“The bad publicity arising from the scandals, could discourage the potential voluntary savers. I concur with you that the ministers present a report or even the Committee for Gender gets interested in this matter,” he said.<\/p>\n

AUDIO Allan Mayanja<\/a><\/p>\n

His comments were echoed by Workers Representative, Hon. Margaret Rwabushaija who noted that the Gender Committee failed to interface with Hon. Betty Amongi for a whole week in regards to the controversies in NSSF.<\/p>\n

Parliaments concerns come at the backdrop of a statement by the Minister of Finance (General Duties), Hon. Henry Musasizi who said the savers funds is safe.<\/p>\n

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Parliament of the Republic of Uganda.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source: Africa Newsroom – APO<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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