Uganda, Nov. 24 -- The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) board is expected to meet today to discuss renewal of the contract of the Fund's managing director Richard Byarugaba, who has clocked the mandatory retirement age of 60.

A highly-placed source, however, intimated that the incumbent was poised to secure a new five-year mandate to stay in-charge of the Shs17 trillion workers' provident fund that he has superintended for a dozen years.

Following our revelation yesterday that Gender and Labour minister Betty Amongi in a July 22 letter asked Mr Byarugaba to leave office, pending a determination of his suitability for reappointment, multiple sources said negotiators had over the past weeks broken new ground in closed-door meetings. ...