By Standard Reporter
Nairobi,Kenya:The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has officially withdrawn the use of its age-old fingerprints-based registration system in favour of modern registration systems.
The Fund said the move will save it more than Sh1.6 billion in administrative costs. NSSF Managing Trustee Tom Odongo said the Fund has modernised its ICT infrastructure to facilitate efficient service delivery to its members.
The Fund has completed an IT systems upgrade project covering the installation of a Tier II data centre to provide a data processing hub for the fund. “Our commitment to modernise NSSF’s ICT systems is inclined at facilitation crucial organisational reforms to enable the fund efficiently serve its members as we anticipate doubling our current membership numbers to 2.8million,” he said.
Odongo said the integration of new generation ICT systems has also facilitated the rollout of a Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme (VERS) allowing long serving members of staff to exit the organisation.
He said more than 300 members of staff have exited NSSF under VERS with a further 200 applications under consideration. Odongo also denied the Fund had sacked 500 members of staff, saying the ongoing early retirement programme is voluntary.
