Nairobi, July 28 -- Standard Chartered Bank Kenya has paid pension claims to 522 out of 629 pensioners following settlement of a long-drawn petition by former workers by the Supreme Court last year.

The settlement of 83 percent of claimants, as of the end of May 2026, from the landmark ruling in September 2025, comes amid emergence of new pension claims by workers outside those covered by the 16-year long lawsuit.

The bank disclosed a Sh7.2 billion cost of settling the pension claim in November 2025 and is not expected to make subsequent provisions relating to payments to the 629 ex-employees.

"Eighty-three percent of the 629 claimants have already been paid while for the remainder, we are waiting for them to give us the required docum...