Nairobi, March 13 -- Parliament has raised an alarm over more than Sh21 billion that State entities owe pensioners in unremitted deductions.

The pensioners are owed a total of Sh21,8 billion by 160 parastatals that have failed to remit workers' deductions to the Pensions Department at the Treasury.

The rise in unremitted pensions has left many retirees facing financial woes in their sunset years, leaving them dependent on relatives for key expenses such as medical bills.

Data from the Parliamentary Budget Office (BPO), a think tank that advises MPs and its committees on fiscal matters, said the State corporations and semi-autonomous agencies of government have accumulated billions by the end of December 2022.

The University of Nairobi...