This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: "Retirement Benefits Authority of Kenya" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources. Find sources: "Retirement Benefits Authority of Kenya" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)
Retirement Benefits Authority
Regulatory Body overview
FormedNovember 20, 1997 (1997-11-20)
JurisdictionKenya
HeadquartersRahimtulla Tower, Nairobi
Regulatory Body executives
Parent departmentNational Treasury
Websitehttp://www.rba.go.ke

The Retirement Benefits Authority (RBA) is a regulatory body established by the Government of Kenya to supervise the establishment and management of retirement benefits schemes in the Republic of Kenya.

Establishment

Prior to enactment of the Retirement Benefits Act, the retirement benefits sector in Kenya was regulated by fragmented legislation, mostly Trust and Income Tax Laws. Without a specific body or regulations to set industry standards, pension schemes adopted different styles of operation, leading to serious challenges in proper administration of the sector,

RBA was subsequently established by amendment of the Retirement Benefits Act in a bid to resolve the problem by centralizing the administration of the sector within a single entity.

Objectives

Retirement Benefits Authority is mandated to:[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Role of the Authority". www.rba.go.ke. Retrieved 2018-12-14.


Categories