MPs challenge proposed retirement age

The Minister of Public Service, Anastase Murekezi, was yesterday at pains to convince lawmakers to pass the new proposed retirement age which is set at 65 years.Murekezi tabled the retirement proposal while presenting a bill establishing the general statuses of the public service. The current law puts retirement age at 55 years; however in 2008, a proposed bill which was tabled in parliament and later reversed had proposed to put retirement age at 50 years.