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Employees have no option but to retire upon reaching the mandatory age, after the High Court declined a petition to extend the retirement age beyond 60 years.
In his judgment, Justice Lawrence Mugambi ruled that unless one is engaged on a contractual basis after retirement, there is no legal justification to prolong employment based on an individual's desire to continue working and earning.
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