Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Social Security Fund is anxiously awaiting the enactment of the NSSF Amendment Bill which was recently returned to Parliament by President Yoweri Museveni. The president advised parliament to among others, amend the clause on the mid-term access to 20 per cent of the …
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Why it will take more than the positive steps introduced by parliament through the NSSF Bill COMMENT | MORRISON RWAKAKAMBA | After two years of back and forth, legislative rancour, bevy of consultations and a mix of COVID-19 that ripened urgency for workers protections – and continues to upstage fortunes …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga on Wednesday adjourned the plenary session abruptly following a protest from Worker’s representative Sam Lyomoki. Lyomoki staged a protest against Kadaga’s ruling to have the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Amendment Bill, 2019 considered in the next two weeks. Presented …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The joint committee that is scrutinizing the National Social Security Fund- NSSF Amendment Bill has failed to reach consensus on the government ministry which should supervise the Fund. The Bill seeks to among others, expand social security coverage and benefits through enforcing mandatory contributions for …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than half of the members of a joint committee that is scrutinizing the NSSF Amendment Bill have supported a provision that calls for midterm access to National Social Security Fund savings. The committee comprising legislators from the Finance and Gender committees, is currently reviewing …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bank of Uganda has opposed some provisions in the National Social Security Fund Amendment Bill, 2019 as unfair to other pension sector players. The BoU Deputy Governor, Louis Kasekende disclosed this while leading a delegation officials from the central bank to submit their views on …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Gender, Labour and Social Development Ministry, has tabled the National Social Security Fund Amendment Bill, 2019 for its first reading. The State Minister for Youth and Children Affairs, Florence Nakiwala Kiyingi tabled the bill before parliament chaired by the speaker, Rebecca Kadaga on …
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