The Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) secretary general, Collins Oyuu, has called for immediate payment of teachers who were contracted by by Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) to administer national exams and assessments.
Oyuu want Knec to pay teachers their dues by January warning that payment delays will not be tolerated.
Speaking from Opodo farm in Bondo during a condolence visit to the Odinga family, Oyuu said delayed payment demoralizes teachers who safeguard national exams.
“What they pay to teachers is not even allowance, is not even salary. What they pay is what we call honoraria. And Knec has a budget. Our big question is; Why delay paying teachers honoraria after sacrificing to do that work. Invigilating exams is not easy,” said Oyuu.
He called on Knec to start payment of exam invigilators immediately after conclusion of national exams.
Each year Knec contract teachers to work as invigilators, supervisors, centre managers and examiners.
Though Knec does not pay for services rendered by teachers in exam centres, it usually reimburses transport fares.
Previously teachers used to receive this payment in February but in recent years Knec has seriously dragged its feet with teachers getting payment upto the month of September.
The Grade 6 and Grade 9 candidates already completed their KPSEA and KJSEA respectively.
KCSE exams on the other hand started this week with written exams.
This years KCSE exams has a total 10,765 centre managers, 12,126 supervisors and 54,782 invigilators.
The exams which started on 21st October is being manned by a total of 22,247 security officers and 2,692 drivers are used to transport it to and from the exam centres.
A total of 24,213 centre managers were incharge of centres that had both KPSEA and KJSEA.
A total of 26,479 supervisors and 125,492 invigilators administered the 2025 KPSEA and KJSEA.
Each year Knec contract professionals to work as centre managers, supervisors, invigilators, security personnel and drivers.
The KCSE exams are being invigilated by primary school teachers. Secondary school teachers are working as supervisors.
The KCSE supervisors are rotated weekly as Knec seek to address rampant exam malpractices.
Each KPSEA and KJSEA exam centre had only one supervisor assisted by invigilators except those with more than 200 candidates.
Knec listed 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.
Knec revised upward the amount it pays its contracted professionals after protests from secondary school teachers.
Each invigilator and centre manager will get sh 550 per day as transport reimbursement while each supervisor will get sh 680 per day.
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