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Speaker A. Among warns NSSf managers , politicians not to raid workers money <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Our Parliament Reporter <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A select committee of\u00a0 five members will be set up on Monday to investigate the leadership mess at NSSF, Speaker Anita Among ruled\u00a0 as\u00a0 she vowed\u00a0 that workers money shall \u00a0be protected at all cost and warned that those who want to use illegal methods\u00a0 to misuse it will go to prison .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Speaker made the ruling after saveral MPs raised  serious concerns about a letter from Gender Minister Betty Amongi wrote to the Chairman Board of Directors asking for 6bn to be included in the NSSF budget to among others “facilitate” the Gender ministry to mobilize savings and grow the fund .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The request for the 6bn was declined by out going MD Richard Byarugaba and sparked off the ongoing row between him and Minister Amongi . The minister declined to renew Byarugaba s contract but approved that of his Deputy Patrick Ayota -while accusing Byarugaba of corruption and mismanagement .\u00a0 The MPs said that if their was mismanagement by Byarugaba in the spirit of fairness his deputy \u2018s contract would have been put on hold too due to the principle of collective responsibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cWe need to restore public faith in NSSF,\u201d said Speaker Among  following a heated debate during which MPs accused  Gender Minister Betty Amongi of applying double standards and mounting political on the Funds managers and Board of Directors to siphon out workers hard earned savings .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker Among warned. \u201cI don\u2019t want to say this money is cursed. But I have grown up overtime seeing that whoever goes for workers\u2019 money is rotting in prison.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker Anita Among said she is going to name five incorruptible  people on the select committee to carry out detail investigations on the controversial matter that has kept members of the public  –  especially the savers on their toes – worried that their hard earned savings are going to be misappropriated .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Amongi came under fire by MPs on the floor parliament today <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

During the plenary before Among made her ruling, Rushenyi County MP Naome Kabasharira wondered how Amongi could defy a presidential directive, the Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja\u2019s guidance  and board of directors recommendations on the reappointment of Richard Byarugaba as NSSF MD owing to stellar performance of the Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMinisters should respect authority. We have a Minister who has refused to take the authorities\u2019 directives. Nabbanja is a Prime Minister. She wrote a letter based on directives from the President. Why don\u2019t we trust the Prime Ministe.\u201d Kabasharira stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Kabasharira wondered why Amongi\u2019s deferral of Byarugaba\u2019s reappointment occurred after NSSF denying her access to Shs 6bn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen the Shs 6bn matter came up, that\u2019s when Richard Byarugaba was asked to step aside. There is the deputy (Ayota). If anything happens (alleged mismanagement), we are jointly liable. Why retain the deputy Ayota and send away the MD? Then let all of them step aside until investigations are completed,\u201d said Kabasharira.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amongi puts up her defence<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On her part, Amongi said she wanted Shs 6bn set aside within the NSSF\u2019s operational budget to support efforts to mobilize various associations, industrial parks and diaspora to contribute to the Fund. She said out of 17 million workers, only 1.5 million save with NSSF.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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