Parliament Gives Treasury Two Weeks to Resolve Pension System Failures, Trace Missing Funds

Kenya, 12 November 2025 - The National Assembly has directed the National Treasury to resolve persistent failures in Kenya’s Electronic Pensions Management Information System (E-PMIS) within 14 days, amid growing concerns over unreconciled pension balances and the suffering of retired civil servants.

The order was issued by the Special Funds Accounts Committee on Tuesday after Treasury Principal Secretary Dr. Chris Kiptoo appeared before MPs, ending months of tension following his repeated absence from earlier summonses. Lawmakers accused the Treasury of neglecting critical financial reforms and warned that further delays could invite punitive parliamentary action.

Committee chairperson Rahim Dawood said Parliament would not allow continued mismanagement of pension funds, emphasizing that the new system,procured and piloted to digitize pension administration, had failed to deliver on its core purpose.

“The Treasury must reconcile all missing balances and ensure the system is fully operational within two weeks,” Dawood said. “Retirees should no longer be left waiting for money they rightfully earned.”

Introduced in December last year, the E-PMIS was part of the government’s broader financial modernization agenda aimed at achieving a paperless and transparent pension process. However, audit reports revealed functionality gaps and discrepancies in financial records, leaving thousands of pensioners without access to their dues.