The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has paid teachers February salaries. Most banks and a number of SACCO’s have already processed teachers salaries.
This time round teachers received their salaries without House Levy deductions. TSC has explained why tutors were deducted the Housing Levy from their January salaries despite the High Court declaring it illegal.
TSC boss Nancy Macharia defended the Commission’s move to deduct the levy saying the court declaration came after the payroll had been processed.
“We start processing our payroll from the 20th of each month and by the 22nd teachers usually have their salaries in their accounts,” Macharia said
“The judgement came out on the 26th yet we had started processing the payroll from the 20th.”
She spoke on Friday in Nairobi during a sensitisation workshop for education reporters.
Macharia, however, could not comment on whether the tutors will be deducted the Housing Levy from their February salaries.
This comes after the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers union said it will take legal action against the Commission for deducting the Housing levy in January payslips.
Kuppet Secretary General Akelo Misori on January 31 said the union will take all measures to protect teachers’ earnings and benefits.
“This includes instituting contempt proceedings against TSC in their capacity over this matter of the Housing Levy tax,” he said.
Missori said they had seen the payslips of several teachers indicating the levy was deducted.
“Many members from around the country have shared their payslips with us and they all indicate the Commission deducted the Housing levy tax from the January 2024 salaries,” Misori said.
“This is despite there being clear orders by the High Court and Court of Appeal declaring the Housing Levy illegal and unconstitutional.”
Misori demanded for a refund of the housing levy deducted from teachers’ January pay.
Kuppet said TSC cannot give an excuse by saying the deductions happened because they had already prepared the payroll.
“We have seen in this country teachers being paid even on the 17th of the following month where there were small issues with the payroll. Now a big issue where the Court of Appeal has given an order calls for a recall for any payroll which has gone to the bank,” Misori said.
Misori said the court ruling came at a good time to allow TSC to make appropriate changes to the payroll.
Kuppet sought the immediate release of the Housing deductions.
We don’t want houses
Let those who want Houses contribute leave our payslips alone
Teachers have been servicing very huge loan to build their housing… Then atà they be taxed house levy??? For what???? We don’t want those houses!
Misori awache upuzi.. ati TSC warudishe payroll wakuje kulipa tarehe 17th… Hii Kenya ya shamba la mawe hatuwezi kubali. Mishahara ilipwe mapema. Next month wafanye hizi mipango zao.
The heading is very poor. Poor information relied. You could have just said, Teachers to know the fate of house levy deduction in their Feb Salaries
Sure. For me, the house l have is enough, Who has seen anyone complain or asking the president to build a house for him or her? Let those who need houses apply. Already hii imetuweka kwa CRB.
I don’t want a house. Those who need houses to apply. TSC is very swift in deductions. Can someone assist me understand a 200 ksh deductions known by the name Swa?
Sure. For me, the house l have is enough, Who has seen anyone complain or asking the president to build a house for him or her? Let those who need houses apply. Already hii imetuweka kwa CRB.
Sasa wawache kudeduct housing levy ..wa introduce Shif…tumesaidika namna gani???even after Benny Hin prayed??????
What of those who have built there own houses using loans which they are still repaying????
It is very sad as struggling citizen are compelled to pay housing levy.for me I don’t need ahouse
Who does something for you against your will? Why insist on job creation narrative in housing as if every kenyan jobseeker is a Mason? Taxing employees was the easiest least strenuous way of stealing,we are comfortable in the ” holes” we live in leave our payslips, in the ICUs you found them.people are sick and tired of taxes.
Why should they say we teachers have received February salary without housing levi deduction yet it is still deducted why should they lie
sorry for the deductions we feel it too only that tsc had assured of full payment without deductions
House levy was deducted,, stop spreading lies!!
we sadly learnt this and we are sincerely sorry for this article by one of our writers
Pls clarify information before posting lies teachers have been deducted
we have apologized for this post we are saying it again that we are sincerely sorry TSC misled us
Who are those teachers? This is ironical. Stop cheating the general public
They have equally deducted from the February salary!!
House Levy was deducted from teachers’ payslips of February, 2024