Teachers who invigilated the 2025 national exams and assessments are now likely to receive their payment soon.
This is after the Basic Education Principal Secretary, Julius Bitok, called for speedy approval of sh 66 billion supplementary budget.
Bitok urged MPs to approve the funding which he says will be used to pay Knec invigilators, school capitation and ASAL school feeding programme.
The Treasury plans to increase government spending by about KSh 316.9 billion which would raise the total budget to about KSh 4.6 trillion for the 2025/2026 financial year.
The adjustment is mainly due to higher salary bills, operational costs, and funding gaps in key ministries.
Once approved teachers who were contracted to work as invigilators, supervisors, centre managers and examiners will receive their dues which they have waited for long after exams and assessments were done and results released to the public.
Some teachers have previously complained to the Council after missing payment when payment of dues was done.
Knec had said the delays when payments are done are mostly due to data mismatches and documentation.
“Delays have in some cases been linked to data mismatches, documentation requirements (such as properly signed and stamped attendance registers), and verification processes necessary for accurate payment disbursement. We urge those affected to confirm that their details in the Contracted Professionals (CP2) system match their official identification and mobile money registration information to facilitate processing,” said Knec.
Knec has previously listed possible reasons why some teachers miss payment and the remedy for this.
Reason 1
Name mismatch: The CP2 name and M-Pesa name of the phone number provided do not match.
Solution
Create a new CP2 account with a registered Safaricom (M-Pesa) number matching your ID details.
Reason 2
Missing ID number or TSC/PF number
Solution
Login to the CP2 portal and update your details with the correct data.
Reason 3
Missing documentation (Attendance registers were not submitted or were submitted but lack official stamps and signatures).
Solution
Centre managers to download the attendance registers from the CP2 portal, verify the details, sign, stamp and submit them to the Sub-County Director of Education (SCDE), who will forward the updated documents to KNEC.
Reason 4
Contracted professionals who worked but were not deployed in the CP2 portal.
Solution
Contact your SCDE and register your query for onward submission to KNEC. Include the following: Year invigilated or supervised Exam invigilated or supervised Code of centre invigilated or supervised Name of officer Role in the exam/assessment centre, Safaricom M-pesa number that matches your ID details.
Reason 5
Slow response to KNEC requests for facilitation of data and/or late delivery of accurate and complete Contracted Professionals’ data.
Solution
KNEC processes complete and accurate data as it is received. Clean up your data and resend through the SCDE.
KPSEA INVIGILATORS
sh 550 per day for 3 days equals sh 1,680
KJSEA INVIGILATORS
sh 550 per day for 6 days equals sh 3,300
KPSEA & KJSEA SUPERVISORS
sh 680 per day for 6 days equals sh 4,080
KCSE SUPERVISORS
sh 680 per day for 16 days equals sh 10,880
KCSE INVIGILATORS
sh 550 per day for 16 days equals sh 8,800
CENTRE MANAGERS
sh 550 per day for KPSEA and KJSEA and KCSE