ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Parliamentary Pensions Act
5. Reckonable service
Edition: 2026-07-10 · In force
5. Reckonable service
(1)Subject to subsection (2) of this section and section 7(6), the total reckonable service of a member shall be the aggregate of all periods during which the person was or is a Member of Parliament, and in respect of which periods deduction of contributions has been made under section 4; and(2)Any person to whom this Act applies who has, at any time before the commencement of this Act, but on or after 1st June, 1963, served as a member of the Parliament shall, if he applies therefor and pays to the Consolidated Fund within a period of one year from such commencement or from such later date as is approved by the Committee all the contributions applicable to his pensionable emoluments in respect of that service accumulated with interest to the date of payment, be eligible to have that service treated as reckonable service under this section:Provided that where a person is not able to pay the accumulated amount in a lump sum within that period, the Committee may permit him to pay the amount in instalments extending over a period of not more than four years, subject to the condition that interest accumulated in respect of each instalment is paid up to the date of its payment, and subject also to the condition that if, before the full amount is so paid, any pension, gratuity or other allowance becomes due to the person, his dependants or his legal personal representative, that pension, gratuity or other allowance shall, in so far as it relates to or is based on that past service, be reduced to such extent as an approved actuary may advise.(3)For the purpose of this section, where there is more than one period falling under subsection (1) or (2) those periods shall be aggregated, and where those periods contain fractions of a year the total of those fractions shall be converted into years, months and days by taking a year to contain three hundred and sixty-five days and a month to contain thirty days.(4)For the purposes of subsection (2), the rate of interest chargeable on an amount payable by the member shall, in respect of the period commencing six months after the commencement of this Act be fifteen per cent per annum.