EDITORIAL: Defuse ticking public pension time bomb

Retired teachers attend a High Court session in Nakuru on October 25, 2016 where they had sued the government over unpaid pension and arrears amounting to Sh43 billion. PHOTO | FILE

For nearly 10 years, the government has talked of reforming the public pension scheme to ensure that retired civil servants live comfortable lives in old age.

But that has yet to be backed by any concrete action, leaving the pension time bomb to keep ticking away.

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