Nairobi, Feb. 21 -- The Supreme Court has returned a petition challenging the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Act 2013, which raised contributions to the fund, to the Court of Appeal for a fresh hearing.

A full bench of the apex court, presided over by Chief Justice Martha Koome, remitted the case to the Court of Appeal for hearing, saying the judges who determined the matter failed to address all the issues raised in the matter.

The Supreme Court noted that the effect of the decision, which went to the merits of the application to the exclusion of the grounds challenging the validity of the NSSF Act 2013, left other factual and constitutional questions of live controversy that are yet to be determined through the requisite appella...