The amount of money Kenyans cashed out from retirement savings surged 10 per cent last year pointing to difficulties in retention of formal employment jobs due to economic hardships.
Some of those who have been laid off claim to be using the money to survive the storm in a move that threatens to expose them to poverty in retirement years.
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