Byarugaba wants court to kick Ayota out of office

By Juliet Kigongo The former Managing Director of National Social Security Fund (NSSF), Mr Richard Byarugaba, wants court to overturn the appointment of his successor, Mr Patrick Ayota. He alleges that Mr Ayota,appointed in August, was ineligible because he was holding a substantive statutory position of deputy managing director on a fixed five-year term. The Gender minister on August 17 appointed Mr Ayota as the Fund’s MD. The orders sought are contained in an application in which Mr Byaruga- ba is seeking the court’s permission to amend his earlier pleadings in which he challenged Ms Betty Amongi, the Gender minister’s decision to reject his re-appointment as well as the new recruitment process that led to Mr Ayota’s appointment. In early […]