NAIROBI, KENYA: Employees must counter check remissions made by their employers to ensure they reach the National Social Security Fund.
NSSF asked employees to be vigilant on their remission by following up if their employers are keeping their end of the deal.
"We have seen so many cases of employees retiring only to realise no money has ever been remitted to their accounts despite being deducted," said NSSF Managing Trustee Anthony Omerikwa.
Omerikwa said to avoid long court battles upon retiring in following up benefits, employees should request statements on deduction and submission of their pension.
Both the employee and employer do remit Sh200 each monthly to the fund. In a year, the least amount remitted should be Sh4, 800 but one can save more.
In a sensitization road show unveiled by the Standard Group and NSSF on importance of saving for posterity, Omerikwa said the fund is now targeting the long forgotten informal workers to increase contribution to their current 2.2 million active members.
"This category has no access to a structured scheme so this is the niche NSSF is now targeting," he said.
The road show flagged off by Omerikwa and Standard Group Marketing Manager Nancy Wangui will cover major areas of Nairobi including Nyayo, Kayole and Utawala.
Omerikwa said it is meant to encourage informal workers to join as voluntary contributors as rules have been flexed to see that they attain the annual minimum contribution of Sh4, 800.
