{"id":69183,"date":"2023-09-26T11:04:05","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T08:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kfm.co.ug\/?p=69183"},"modified":"2023-09-26T11:04:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T08:04:05","slug":"byarugaba-wants-court-to-kick-ayota-out-of-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/byarugaba-wants-court-to-kick-ayota-out-of-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Byarugaba wants court to kick Ayota out of office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Juliet Kigongo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The Gender minister on August 17 appointed Mr Ayota as the Fund\u2019s MD. The orders sought are contained in an application in which Mr Byaruga- ba is seeking the court\u2019s permission to amend his earlier pleadings in which he challenged Ms Betty Amongi, the Gender minister\u2019s decision to reject his re-appointment as well as the new recruitment process that led to Mr Ayota\u2019s appointment.<\/p>\n<p>In early August, Mr Byarugaba sued the Attorney General and Ms Amongi for not approving the board\u2019s decision to re-appoint him for a five-year term.<\/p>\n<p>He has now applied to the same court to make amendments to the suit. Mr Byarugaba argues that the amendments sought are necessary for determining the real matters in controversy between the parties in the case and to avoid a multiplicity of cases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe said new developments were created for the purpose of defeating the applicant\u2019s claim since they took place after filing and service and of the application for judicial review and are now being raised as a defence to the applicant\u2019s suit,\u201dreads part of the application.<\/p>\n<p>He alleges that the new developments are unlawful, being in contravention of the letter and spirit of the NSSF Act as amended in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2019s MD. The orders sought are contained in an application in which Mr Byaruga- ba is seeking the court\u2019s permission to amend his earlier pleadings in which he challenged Ms Betty Amongi, the Gender minister\u2019s decision to reject his re-appointment as well as the new recruitment process that led to Mr Ayota\u2019s appointment. 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