Abstract:
Most retired primary school teachers in Busia District are unable meet their financial
obligations. The findings, analysis and recommendations from this study should contribute to
the improvement of teacher’s pension before retirement to make them live a better life after
retirement. The study investigated factors affecting retired primary school teachers to attain
sustainable livelihood. The descriptive survey design was used because the study will employ
both quantitative and qualitative approaches. The proposed study will purposively sample 52
out of the 172 male and female retired primary school teachers in four division of the larger
Busia District through Snowballing sampling method. The quantitative data was presented in
the form of frequencies, percentages and tables using descriptive statistics. On the other hand
qualitative data was presented in a narrative form after capturing the respondent’s perception.
The study found that 51.9% respondents did not achieve their goal of buying land for
development, 69.3% respondents did not carry out farming to get enough food for their
families, 69.3 % did not invest in any profitable business enterprises, 98.1% retirees did not
build descent houses for their families, 98.1% retirees are affected by the low pension per
month that hinders them to achieve indicators for sustainable livelihood and 75 % retirees
reported that unclear policies on retirement contributes great deal to their plight. The study
recommends that the government should develop and institutionalize policies to handle the
challenges that face retired primary school teachers and more so carry out an annual review
of teachers’ pension to meet the ever increasing demands of life.
