Pension Stories
The retirees say more than Sh4 billion in arrears owed to various pension schemes has left hundreds of families in hardship, while management and coun...
Kenya also faces low pension coverage, with over 70 per cent of workers retiring without a pension beyond payouts from the National Social Security Fu...
The Justice and Legal Affairs Committee (JLAC) of the National Assembly has endorsed the Judges’ Retirement Benefits Bill, 2025, following public cons...
Nearly half of retirees’ savings last only part of their expected retirement years, raising concerns about financial security in later life. Major spe...
Mbadi said he has submitted amendments to the Retirement Benefits Act that will criminalise non-remittance, aiming to safeguard workers’ pension right...
The Kenya Railways Staff Retirement Benefits Scheme was set up in 2006 after the restructuring of the corporation, inheriting liabilities of more than...
Legislators expressed concern over repeated lapses in leadership and gaps in accountability, stressing the need to protect citizens’ money.
The Bill, which seeks to create a defined contribution plan for assembly members and staff, has faced scrutiny over its adequacy in comparison to the...
Patrick Matasi had moved to court in April 2025, obtaining conservatory orders that temporarily restrained FKF from enforcing a 90-day provisional sus...
If Parliament approves the proposal, it will end the long-standing rule that bars dismissed civil servants from accessing retirement benefits, a move...
Public Service PS Jane Imbunya has proposed establishing an internal fund within her ministry, backed with Sh1.2 billion, to handle compensation direc...
Kenya's pension and health insurance systems were meant to bring people dignity in old age. But fraud, delays and broken promises have left retirees a...
The funds cover stipends for the June and July 2025 payment cycles under the Cash Transfer for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (CT-OVC) Programme, par...
Data from the Retirement Benefits Authority (RBA) shows that members’ additional voluntary contributions fell by Sh906.7 million in 2024, declining to...
Unremitted contributions to the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) rose sharply to Sh125.62 million, compared with Sh76.45 million in the previous ye...
Under the current system, government contributions only fully belong to an employee after a decade of service, and withdrawals are limited until age 5...
Between 2021 and 2024, the total fund value grew by 41 per cent, and by 182.6 per cent over the past decade since 2014, when it stood at Sh789 billion...
Her mother, Virginia Mawewu, said the gum was left in the bag by accident and that her daughter immediately admitted the mistake.
Under the new deal, resignation or dismissal no longer leads to total loss of benefits, as those leaving service will now qualify for gratuity and pen...
Overall pension inflows across the country grew 29 per cent to Sh263.4 billion from Sh204.9 billion in 2023.
CoG Chairman Ahmed Abdullahi said he will hold discussions with Deputy President Kithure Kindiki and Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi on how to a...
Under the Bill, every MCA would contribute not less than 7.5 per cent of their pensionable earnings, while county governments would contribute not les...
Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Benmark Ekhubi directed the convict to be returned to court on August 11, 2025, for sentence.
According to constitutional lawyer Gibson Gisore, retirement benefits - including pensions - are safeguarded by the Constitution and relevant laws, ma...
The Senate Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare on Monday expressed frustration, accusing CS Mbadi of being evasive and undermining Parliam...
The Senate Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare now wants the CS to appear in person on August 4 after what it termed as persistent snubs a...
In the financial year ending June 2025, the government spent Sh207.19 billion on pension and gratuities, representing a steep 39 per cent jump from th...
The Judiciary has now urged legislators to expedite the Bill, which seeks to establish a dedicated pension framework for judges of the superior courts...
The corporation said unprinted tickets will be automatically refunded to the mobile numbers used during purchase, while those with printed tickets wil...
NSSF has also been faulted by the Auditor-General for its weak follow-up mechanisms in recovering pension arrears from employers.
