July 2018

Kenya. Land deal worsens Kenya Railways pensioners’ woes

As Kenya Railways pensioners’ woes deepen, officials of the former Kenya Railways Workers Association, the umbrella body for all the pensioners of the institution, have expressed fear that they risk losing 10 of their properties in a land swap deal in lieu of accrued land rates. They are reading a secret plot to defraud them of their properties. “The Nairobi County government and the sole corporate trustee, Corporate and Pension Trust Services Ltd, have hatched a scheme to possess 10 of...

Ireland. The State pension wasn’t designed to support the lifestyles people have in mind

“PENSIONS” – A TOPIC that can often be met with a glazed eye by the young professional, or with a flutter of panic by the 40-something employee. I’m unsure why planning for sustainability and longevity regarding our finances is something that so many people close themselves off to, but there’s a common assumption that pensions and planning for retirement is something that can be put off, and off… until, well, some other time. The CSO Quarterly National Household Survey 2015 reported...