THE STANDARD
NAIROBI
Peter Kariuki (centre), a Kenya Railways retiree, addresses the Press in Nakuru town on April 14 as other pensioners look on. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]
Peter Kariuki, 75, is a troubled man. He is a Kenya Railways retiree, but he stopped getting pension five months ago.
Nonetheless, he knew his trouble with money would end soon after the National Land Commission (NLC) acquired a parcel owned by the Kenya Railways Staff Retirement Benefits Scheme, of which he is a member, for the Nairobi Expressway project.
The government is supposed to pay them Sh7.9 billion as compensation for the 18 acres, and the National Treasury released the first batch of Sh1.2 billion to the NLC on February 23.