Retirees want pension increase

RWAMAGANA- Retired civil servants in Rwamagana District, grouped under Rwanda Association of the Retired (RAR) have appealed to the government to raise their pension benefits and pay them on a monthly basis rather than quarterly. Led by Jean Damascene Rwasamirera, the association’s chairman, the group told The New Times yesterday that the current global economic crisis had worsened their plight owing to the little funds disbursed by the Rwanda Social Security Board each semester.