The National Social Security Authority (NSSA) has lost a legal bid to have a US$10,4 million software contract with a local firm declared invalid and its money returned. The High Court declined jurisdiction to hear the matter, ruling that it should have been brought before the Administrative Court. The latest High Court decision brings the spotlight back to the origins of a decade-old dispute that began when NSSA sought to modernise its pension management ICT infrastructure. In 2013, NSSA, the State authority responsible for the country’s social security, required a modern digital...