Kenya has been using outdated pension laws that were drafted by the British Government in 1902.

The Public Service minister, Mr Moses Akaranga, said the law was later adopted wholesale into the Constitution after Kenya's independence and has never been reviewed since then.

Due to the lapse of time, many clauses of the Pension Act are outdated, wanting and non compliant to modern times.

The Act creates a red tape bureaucracy that makes it hard for retirees to quickly access their benefits after leaving service, the minister said.

The Government is therefore reviewing the Act to make it compliant and in conformity with the current day operations in the public service.

The ministry's technical staff are currently working on major amendments required on the Act.

The amended Act will cut the bureaucracies in passing of pension in case the retirees died

The minister, who was meeting members of the Kenya Association of Retired Officers in Nyeri, said his ministry intends to draw up amendments before tabling them for approval in Parliament.

Supporting the minister, Mathira MP Mr Nderitu Gachagua promised to lobby MPs to pass the amendments.

The MP had facilitated the meeting between the retired staff and the minister to facilitate the Government to get views on how the Act should be reviewed.

"Now the minister has the right information, having talked to the persons who are bearing the brunt of the current Act's inadequacies," said Gachagwa.

Retirees had complained to the minister about problems they face before accessing their pension. Akaranga promised that the problems will be adequately addressed once the Act is amended.