Minister Betty Amongi
The parliamentary Adhoc committee that investigated the NSSF mismanagement has tabled its report before Parliament, with several recommendations including asking the minister of Gender, labour and Social Development, Betty Amongi to resign with immediate effect.
The report read to Parliament by the Select Committee Chairperson, Mwine Mpaka, says that Betty Amongi by directing Shs6 billion to be availed to her ministry amounts to abuse of office since she is the supervisor of NSSF and had no law empowering her to do so.
The committee asked the president to take keen interest in the conduct of minister Amongi.
Mpaka, who is also the Mbarara City South MP, said the entire Board and former NSSF Managing Director and his deputy should also step down with immediate effect to pave way for investigations by the Inspector General of Government (IGG) .
According to the report, former MD Richard Byarugaba , his deputy Patrick Ayota, Chief Finance Officer Stevens Mwanje ,Head of marketing and corporate Affairs Barbra Arimi Teddy step down for abuse of office, corruption and conspiracy to commit a felony when they participated in the illegal approval of 1.8 billion shillings budget for donations.
The committee recommended that NOTU and COFTU refund Shs806 million they illegally received from NSSF especially Violet Kyakyo who withdrew Shs461.5m from an account on behalf of NOTU and Sam Lyomoki who withdrew Shs295 million on behalf of COFTU .
The committee also asked the Auditor General to carry out a forensic audit on all transactions on the suspense accounts for the past five years and reports to parliament within 60 days from the adoption of this report.
The committee noted that the continued deferral of the appointment of the NSSF Managing Director is causing a managerial gap and subjecting the saver’s funds to risk.
The committee also found out that less than one year after transferring the NSSF to the ministry of Gender ,Labour and social Development, allegation of corruption, influence peddling and delayed decision making scandals are back to haunt the savers.
