The National Treasury has faulted county governments for failure to remit pension deductions, with the Ministry noting that the devolved units are at risk of condemning their staff to old-age poverty.
Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi said unremitted pension debt by the counties has ballooned to over Shh103 billion.
This is a growth of more than fourfold from Sh23.3 billion, which was the pension debt that the counties inherited from local authorities at the onset of devolution.
Mbadi described the failure to remit pension deductions as unjust and criminal, adding that the failure to forward these funds to pension schemes is robbing people of their future. He also noted that non-remittance, while most pronounced at the county level, is also present within the national government.
