County governors have supported the proposed county pension fund, saying it is an independent entity that does not have any interference from the judiciary or the politicians.
Speaking during a meeting held on Monday at Maanzoni Ranch in Machakos County, the Chairman of Council of Governors Isaac Ruto said that they supported the proposed CPF since it had no legal interference.
The Leaders urged the senate to pass the County Subscription Bill in order to enable county workers to start contributing to the scheme.
They added that 18 months since devolution was implemented, the senate has not passed the bill.
The meeting had brought together Deputy governors, County assembly speakers and County Assemblies Forum members, representatives from County Workers Union, Kenya Union of Civil Servants, RBA and Kenya Law Reforms.
Speaking during the meeting, the Human resource and Social Welfare Committee Chairman James Ongwae said that if the Bill is passed, it will harmonise county pension.
He added that county employees are using different schemes but if the proposed scheme is established, they will operate from the same level.
Ruto noted that some county employees will be retiring and they will require their pension as they go home and he would not want to bear any blame in the future.
“This meeting has come the right time to enable us to decide on which institution would take care of our pension interests. It is not necessarily a parastatal. We can have one, which invests in our counties as well as the counties can have same property. What is wrong with that?” asked Ruto.
The meeting resolved to establish a technical committee to spearhead the formation of a pension fund and table the report in two months.