President erred in refusing to assent to Raila Pension Bill

There has been much angst over the Bill that sought to confer pension benefits to among others, Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka for their stints as Prime minister and Vice president respectively.

The bone of contention has been their continued role in active politics which apparently disqualifies them from receiving the benefits. This thinking is in my opinion flawed. It is possible and acceptable for a pensioner to engage in other socio-economic activities. It would in fact be for the most part unreasonable to require that pensioners be entirely dormant to qualify.