Statutory deductions such as the Social Health Authority (SHA), National Social Security Fund (NSSF), and Pay As You Earn (PAYE) are not optional contributions. Once deducted from an employee's salary, employers are expected to remit them promptly to the relevant government agencies. Failure to do so can leave workers without access to healthcare, reduce their retirement savings, expose them to penalties, and undermine the very purpose of these statutory schemes.
Across Kenya, complaints about employers deducting statutory contributions without remitting them continue to surface. For many employees, the problem only becomes apparent when they attempt to access medical services, check their NSSF statements, or discover that their tax records do not reflect deductions already made from their salaries. By then, workers have already suffered the consequences of an employer's failure to meet legal obligations.
Beyond statutory deductions, timely payment of salaries is one of the most fundamental rights of every employee. When workers perform their duties but are not paid on time, families struggle to pay rent, buy food, educate their children, and meet other basic needs. Employers who deduct statutory contributions while allegedly failing to remit them risk exposing employees to double hardship.
Hello Nyakundi,
Kindly hide my identity for fear of victimisation.
I would like to raise concerns about Logistics Multiple Hauliers EA Ltd, a logistics company owned by Rajinder Singh.
Many employees are frustrated because the company allegedly deducts statutory contributions from our salaries, including SHA and NSSF, but fails to remit the money to the relevant institutions.
As workers, we expect these deductions to reflect in our accounts because they are taken directly from our salaries.
Instead, many of us have discovered that the contributions are either missing or have not been remitted as required.
This leaves employees vulnerable, especially when they need healthcare services or wish to confirm their retirement contributions.
The problems do not end there.
Employees also experience delays in receiving their salaries, making it difficult to meet basic financial obligations.
Many workers have repeatedly raised these concerns with management, but instead of receiving solutions, we are allegedly met with arrogance and dismissal.
Whenever employees demand their salaries or ask about the missing statutory remittances, we are reportedly told to "take the company wherever you want" because management has no intention of paying.
There are also concerns that the company is allegedly failing to meet some of its tax obligations.
These are serious allegations that deserve investigation by the relevant authorities.
I therefore appeal to the Ministry of Labour, the Social Health Authority, NSSF, the Kenya Revenue Authority, and other relevant agencies to investigate these claims and establish whether employees' statutory deductions have been properly remitted and whether labour laws are being complied with.
Workers should not have deductions taken from their salaries only to discover later that the money never reached the institutions it was meant for.
We simply want our rights respected and the law applied equally to every employer.