Kenya. MCAs step up push for independent pension scheme
Members of the County Assemblies (MCAs) from all the 47 counties are pushing for the establishment of an independent pension scheme.
The County Pension Bill, which has been stuck in Parliament for some time, recently underwent a second reading. The MCAs want the Bill fasttracked to enable counties move their staff from the current non-contributory arrangement to a contributory pensions administrator.
“We want a pension scheme which is not managed by national government but with an independent administrator so that counties and their employees are able to have a pension scheme,” said forum chairman Johnson Osoi.
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