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Why Kenya's Sh2.5 trillion pension funds hold key to increased home ownership

Pension Fund. [Courtesy/GettyImages]

For a sector whose assets under management will soon be hitting Sh3 trillion, one intriguing question emerges – where has the pension industry failed in aiding Kenyans to own homes?

By June this year, assets under management in the pension industry as regulated by the Retirement Benefits Authority (RBA) stood at Sh2.5 trillion. This figure stood at Sh2.25 trillion in December 2024.

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