Kenya must rethink pension model

Many workers today earn irregularly as income fluctuates, and financial obligations are immediate. Saving competes with education, healthcare, business reinvestment, and household needs.

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Only about one in four working Kenyans has any form of pension saving. Yet nearly 84 percent of the workforce earns a living in the informal economy. Together, those two figures reveal a basic challenge; millions of Kenyans may be working today without a clear financial pathway for life after work.

For years, retirement conversations have focused on ageing populations and increasing life expectancy.

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