By Sania Babirye
The National Social Security Fund NSSF has been dragged to the High Court for allegedly refusing to give an incapacitated patient his savings contributions amounting to more than 11 million shillings.
Ofwono Andrews from Tororo district alleges that Mulago hospital declared him unfit to run his normal duties including working after he developed medical complications with his liver in 2015.
Ofwono further alleges that after being declared unfit to work he applied for his accumulated contributions through NSSFs operations manager but they refused to remit his savings, claiming that his not permanently incapacitated.