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How Uhuru’s mega projects are thinning take-home pay

A shilling today is more valuable than a shilling tomorrow. And if you are a pensionable employee, the Government has some bad news for you. Unless you are really sick, retiring early or leaving the country, then forget accessing a dime of your employer’s contribution towards your pension’s kitty.

“Don’t worry,” says the Government on the new amendments to the Retirements Benefits (Occupation Retirement Benefit Schemes) Regulations 2000, “you will get all your money plus interest accrued in retirement.”

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