Kambi defends decision to sack NSSF boss
The sacking of social security fund boss Tom Odongo was due to the under-performance of the parastatal, a Cabinet secretary said on Wednesday.
Mr Odongo has protested his sacking two weeks ago at the Industrial Court, saying it was done without involving the NSSF Board of Trustees.
However, at a press briefing in his office after a meeting with officials of the public servants trade union, Labour Cabinet Secretary Kazungu Kambi said NSSF was collecting only Sh600 million a month yet it should be collecting up to Sh12 billion.
At the same time, Mr Kambi noted that NSSF would stop collecting money and the job would be performed by the Kenya Revenue Authority in proposed reforms.
The pension fund also plans to adopt a social security model borrowed from the US, where the poor would enjoy social benefits as well, he said.
The Cabinet secretary said there were a number of “talented” people at the NSSF, who could help the fund achieve its goals and fight corruption.
Mr Kambi has appointed corporation secretary Hope Mwashumbe as managing trustee in an acting capacity.
He invited the Efficiency Monitoring Unit to investigate how construction tenders worth Sh10 billion were awarded to companies between March and May this year.
However, Mr Odongo has contested his sacking at the Industrial Court. He was appointed as the managing trustee on November 28, 2012, for a term of three years.
