Palaver

Wednesday’s editorial cartoon best captures the public view of the National Social Security Fund, an institution at war with itself over its late entry into the 21st century. It is ridiculous that in this day and age, some of the board members in a body that holds billions of shillings in unpaid dues belonging to dependants of retirees who died in poverty can be opposing reforms that would end such a travesty of justice. It appears a managing trustee for the NSSF is not expected to be a reformist.

Still on NSSF, a bird tells Palaver one of the reasons some powerful people are opposed to the skills audit recommended by an independent auditor because they have stuffed the place with their relatives who lack the requisite qualifications for the job. One of them is a chap who regularly froths at the mouth commenting on anything and nothing under the sun. The board is split between reformists and people like him who have directly benefited from the system. Workers, including Palaver, fears another round of musical chair is in the offing.