Uganda: Fight Over Mid-Term Access to NSSF Savings Heads to Court

A Bill to have Ugandan savers access 20 per cent of their contributions to the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) to see them through the economic hardships of the Covid-19 pandemic, has ignited heated parliamentary and public debate, and ended in court after opposition from the fund.

Activist Morrison Rwakakamba and Agency for National Transformation Organisation went to the Constitutional Court last week seeking an interpretation of the NSSF Act which they say "is in contravention of the provisions of the constitution of Uganda on fundamental rights and freedoms guaranteed under the Uganda constitution".

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