Tanzania: SSRA Refutes Debt Claim

Dar es Salaam — The Social Security Regulatory Authority (SSRA) denied yesterday that the decision to harmonise payment of retirement benefits was due to huge debts the government owes social security funds.

Addressing the media in Dar es Salaam, SSRA director general Irene Isaka said the government has not borrowed from social security funds since 2013 after reaching its borrowing cap, which stands at 10 per cent of members' total savings.

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