SRC oppose plans to lower mandatory retirement age from 60 to 55 years
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SRC Chairperson Lyn Mengich explains why the mandatory retirement age should remain at 60 years
SRC Chairperson Lyn Mengich explains why the mandatory retirement age should remain at 60 years.
According to Lyn Mengich, the chair of the Salaries and Remunerations Committee (SRC), Kenya’s obligatory retirement age ought to remain at sixty.
According to her, as more Kenyans will now be eligible for pensions, lowering the retirement age will result in a larger pensionable burden for the country.
She went on to say that it would be unfeasible to let go of workers at a relatively young age when they still have a wealth of experience that supports the Kenyan labor force.
“You need to look at what’s the common trend worldwide because that gives us a benchmark and of course, there are countries where there is no retirement age,” she said on Tuesday speaking to Spice FM.
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“The conversation should be what works for Kenya. If you say people retire at 55 it means they are pensionable at 55 yet they are people who are still productive, they can contribute effectively to the country.”
This follows a petition filed in court seeking to scrap the mandatory retirement age in public and private sectors.
The petitioner, a Nairobi resident, argues that the requirement is unlawful and undermines older Kenyans who seek to remain in the workforce even after attaining the required cap.
Currently, it is stipulated that Kenyans should retire at 60 and for people with disabilities at 65.
The petitioner says that one should only leave office if they exhibit laxity at work or suffer medical conditions that impede their productivity.
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