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Senator Cheruiyot sponsors County Assemblies Pension Scheme bill

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Senate Majority Leader Aaron Cheruiyot. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

A Bill that seeks the establishment of the County Assemblies Pensions Scheme for all members of county assemblies; provides for the establishment of the scheme's Board of Trustees and provides for the scheme's management and administration has been tabled in the Senate.

The Bill sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Aaron Cheruiyot proposes to have the scheme offer lump sum payments as provident, periodic payments as pensions and income draw-downs with the proposed scheme transitioning all members of county assemblies into one universal scheme for all the 47 county governments.

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