Only 14,314 self-employed workers contribute to the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), representing some 0.8 per cent of the 1.7 million contributors on the scheme. In all, there are about 11.5 million people in the informal sector in the country. And as part of measures to reverse this trend, the national pension fund […]
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SSNIT increases monthly pensions by 10%
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has increased monthly pension payments by an average of 10 per cent. The review will see all 225,000 pensioners on the SSNIT pension payroll as of the end of last month have their monthly pensions increased by a fixed rate of 9.68 per cent, plus a redistributed […]