Workers want retirement age raised to 65 if NASA wins

NASA signs MOU with trade unions at the Mombasa Governor's office in Mombasa on Friday, 04th August,2017. This was after Raila signed on behalf of NASA an MOU with the Trade Union Congress of Kenya. [photo by Maarufu Mohamed,Standard]

Workers want the retirement age pushed to 65 if the Opposition coalition forms the government after next week’s election.

And the lowest paid civil servant will take home a minimum Sh30,192 according to an agreement signed between an umbrella workers’ union and the opposition. The details are contained in the Memorandum of Understanding between Trade Union Congress of Kenya (TUC-K) and National Super Alliance (NASA). TUC-K brings together Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut), University Academic Staff Union (UASU), Union of Kenya Civil Servants (UKCS), Kenya University Academic Staff Union (Kusu) and the dockworkers union. Union secretary general Wilson Sossion signed the agreement in Mombasa on Friday with NASA presidential candidate Raila Odinga. Sossion also doubles up as Knut secretary general.