Both the Knut and Kuppet have rejected the recent salary increment announced by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC).
SRC chairperson Lyn Mengich announced a two year salary increment of 7 to 10% for teachers and civil servants to be paid in August and backdated from 1st July.
Teachers, classified among the poorly paid government employees will get a 10% payrise paid in two phases.
Knut secretary general, Collins Oyuu, rubbished the increment by SRC tering it a drop in the ocean.
Oyuu says its a government way of giving with one hand and taking with another through taxes.
Knut is pushing for a 60% salary increment while Kuppet wants 70%. The two unions are pushing for the increment through a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
TSC has invited the two teachers unions for talks which start tomorrow at the Kenya School of Government at Lower Kabete, Nairobi.
In an invitation letter, TSC want to review the 2021-2025 CBA it signed with the unions but failed to include salary changes.
If successful Kuppet will change salaries of teachers in job group C2 who currently earn Sh34,955 to take home Sh74,279.
Kuppet Secretary General Akello Misori said the union will reject the seven to 10 per cent salary proposed by the SRC.
“We shall focus on where our CBA talks stalled. We shall not slide to new proposals because we had already started talks on the salaries,” said Misori.
The SRC proposals mean that the lowest-paid teacher who takes home Sh34,955 will get a maximum of Sh46,752.
While those presently earning Sh131,380 will get a maximum of Sh168,691 per month.
Misori said that basic salary increment, promotions, medical benefits and pension scheme will top their agenda.
He said that the 30-70 per cent demand by Kuppet is informed by the high cost of living which has reduced teachers’ disposable income.
Misori said the inflation rate has risen over time and teachers are not able to afford basic needs.
“The statutory deductions introduced recently namely the housing tax, superannuation pension scheme and NSSF have contributed to net income reduction thereby affecting productivity of teachers,” said Misori.
He also said that majority of teachers have stagnated in same job group for long even after enhancing their academics.
“Many graduate teachers in job Group C3 have stagnated for more than five years while many diploma teachers have stagnated in grade C2. We propose a creation of more establishments in C4 to allow career progression,” Misori said.
He blamed the employer for not implementing the career progression guidelines on promotions which has seen some 46,550 teachers stagnate in same job group.
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Stand up for the teachers to the fullest.
TSC invitation letters to the unions has at last rejuvenated the bed ridden ailing salary crusaders, in effect rekindling the old parabola CBA 2021 – 2025
This is an opportunity they can’t afford to waste since they would wish to be associated with any form of increment however political.
We down here are waiting for your negotiated gain and if by God’s grace you’re defeated then you’re as good as conman taking share in our wind fallen 7% – 10%
Good work Knut and kuppet
knut and kuppet are stooges of the government. their talks with tsc is a ploy to give the government an excuse not to effect salary increment for the teachers. look at the whole chessboard teachers
Chieth guok
Greener pastures loading
Same old story,same results
The teachers will loose out on this.The SRC Is an appendix of the executive and the tsc has been instructed to make sure that the useless unions reject the src deal for the benefit of the authoriterian regime.Brown envelops will exchange hands.
Let them reject NOT this 10% coz i think it’s not part of CBA. They should only talked about issues that pertains to CBA. This a proposal different from CBA.
Knut and kuppet let us get what has been offered first then go for the 60% and 70%
Shetani ashindwe.