Re-appointed: Patrick Ayota
The Board of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has re-appointed Patrick Ayota as the Deputy Managing Director of the Fund.
Ayota’s contract had expired some time in October. However, the new five-year appointment took effect yesterday.
A letter signed by Patrick Ocailap on behalf of the Board also named Ayota as the acting Managing Director.
“..The process leading to the appointment of the Managing Director have taken longer. In the interim, the Deputy Managing Director will care-take this office until these processes are concluded,’ the letter dated December 1, 2022 reads in part.
Until recently, Richard Byarugaba has been the MD of NSSF having joined it in 2011.
The Board has assured NSSF members, stakeholders and the public that the Fund remains stable, and that its operations are running normally.
Who is Patrick Ayota?
Ayota is an accountant and corporate executive and served as the Deputy Managing Director of the NSSF since October 2017. He also concurrently serves as the Chairman of the Vision Group, a media empire, partly owned by the Government.
He previously served as the Head of Finance at Barclays Bank Uganda.
