Confusion is growing among Kenyan employers regarding expected changes in the pension contributions as the first year of implementation of the NSSF Act, 2013, lapses in February with no clarity of what the next level of deductions will be.
The government started implementing the Act in February last year, raising mandatory contributions from a flat Sh200 per employee (with an equivalent contribution from the employer) to a graduated plan that will eventually hit six percent of employees’ salaries.
