Section 16: Termination of appointment to the Board

(1) A member of the Board may, at any time, resign his or her office by giving thirty days' notice in writing to the Minister. (2) The Minister may remove a member of the Board- (a) if information relating to the conduct of the member,which could have precluded his or her appointment, is brought to the attention of the Minister; (b) for incompetence; (c) for misbehavior or misconduct; (d) for failure to disclose, at a Board meeting, a matter in which he or she has a personal interest; (e) for inability to perform the functions of his or her office arising from infirmity of body or mind; (f) who has been convicted of an offence and sentenced to imprisonment for six months or more by a competent court in Uganda or outside Uganda; (g) for bankruptcy or insolvency; (h) for absence, without prior notice to the Chairperson of the Board for more than four consecutive meetings of the Board; or (i) for absence, without reasonable cause to the satisfaction of the Minister, for more than four consecutive meetings of the Board, or absence from Uganda for more than twelve months. (3) Where it appears to the Minister that there is cause to remove a member of the Board under subsection (2), the Minister shall notify the member concerned in writing and shall give the member an opportunity to submit his or her explanation to the Minister.