Number of Kenyans taking up pensions falls on rise of casual workers

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The number of active members in the pension industry declined to 3.7 million from 4.4 million.

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Workers’ uptake of pensions shrank by two-thirds last year as the economy created fewer jobs and companies turned to hiring casual workers.

New pension contributors slowed to 245,581 last year compared to 724,212 in 2023, according to data from the Retirement Benefits Authority (RBA)—the pension industry regulator.

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