Abstract
Prior research in implementation of national social security strategy was on the old NSSF Act. However, with the assent of new NSSF Act 2013, in January 2014, there are various challenges faced by the new policy to eradicate poverty amongst all Kenyans. This study therefore sought to identify challenges faced in implementing National Security strategy by NSSF under the new Act. The study employed an interview guide to collect data from a total of 6 respondents was used though the study initially targeted 4 respondents. Content analysis was to analyse the data. Economic challenges, government regulation, lack of adequate resources and lack of management commitment were found to have posed a challenge in implementation of National Social Security at NSSF. Recommendations are that NSSF should at the firm‟s strategy in light of internal and external changes, effective resource utilization by rolling out initiative commitment to strategy implementation by managers. This will benefit organization to area of further research include a replica study on a different company in a different industry to compare results so that the best practice can be incorporated in another sector, as needed.
