Uganda, April 12 -- The Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA) board was by press time last evening locked in intensive discussions on the human resource manual to amend the retirement age of an executive director.

The incumbent, Mr Benson Turamye, 59, is due to retire in two months when his current contract expires after clocking 60 years.

He first served in the position in acting capacity from April 2017 and was appointed substantively in June 2019.

The PPDA board chairperson, Mr Julius Ishungisa, told this newspaper earlier on Wednesday that no decision had yet been reached on the matter.

"As the board, we will sit and discuss. I cannot say anything right now," Mr Ishungisa said by telephone.

Under the P...