Pension scheme seeks auctioneers' support to recover Sh150m rent dues

A section of an estate in Kilimani, Nairobi, where retired Postal Corporation staff were offered houses under the pension housing scheme. Members say they have been receiving auction and eviction threats over rent arrears. [David Njaaga,Standard]

Within just a day, Rose Nyaga helplessly watched a large part of her 33 years of sweat and tears vanish. At 60 years, she is now sleeping on the floor of the house she pictured as her retirement home.

This is after auctioneers swept it clean in pursuit of rent arrears amounting to over Sh2.5 million. Her Kilimani house is part of a two-acre 40-housing unit belonging to the TelPosta Pension Scheme.