TSC has invited teacher unions for last round of negotiations and signing of Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) 2025 – 2029.
In a letter addressed to the unions TSC will meet both unions this week on 18th July for final talks to unlock a salary increment deal.
“The Commission invites the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers to the 2025-2029 CBA negotiations on Friday 18th July 2025 at 11:00 am at Kenya Institute of Special Education,” reads a letter addressed to Kuppet secretary general Akelo Misori.
Yesterday TSC led by its chairperson Jamleck Muturi had a meeting with Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) to iron out the payrise impasse after submitting proposals issued by Knut and Kuppet.
SRC advised the Commission on a number of issues related to the CBA 2025-2029.
SRC asserted that the existing hardship areas will remain and teachers will continue to earn their hardship allowances.
Teachers are also likely to get a salary increment of between 16% and 32%, spread over four years. Allowances have also likely to increase by 20% according to TSC proposals.
TSC and teachers’ unions are expected to sign CBA 2025 – 2029 this Friday which will have both monetary and non-monetary benefits.
Both Knut and Kuppet have threatened to call nationwide strikes should TSC fail to implement the new CBA within the next two weeks.
The current CBA 2021-2025 already expired on 30th June and teachers can only get salary increment by signing a new CBA.
Teachers are likely to get a payrise in August payroll backdated to 1st July 2025. The new CBA will start from 1st July 2025 till 30th June 2029.
Kuppet is demanding a 50% salary increase for teachers in higher job groups, and a 100% raise for those in lower grades.
“We are ready to engage constructively with the Commission, but we expect these talks to go beyond formality. Teachers are demanding a meaningful package that reflects the realities of the current economy,” said Misori.
He stressed that the last CBA, signed in 2021, focused only on non-monetary benefits due to Covid-19 budget constraints, and warned that teachers would not accept a repeat of that arrangement.
The union is also pushing for harmonized house allowances with a 20% increase across all cadres, and significant rises in commuter allowance 200% for higher grades and 250% for lower ones.
Following a consultative meeting held between Kuppet and the TSC on July 2, 2025, the TSC acknowledged receipt of Kuppet’s memorandum, originally submitted in October 2024.
The Commission said it is in advanced consultations with key government bodies, including SRC, and pledged to issue a counter-proposal to Kuppet by July 20 2025.
Good answer.
To tsc
Tsc should also consider automatic promotion of diploma holders: teachers in c2 have stagnated for more than 7 years.These people need motivation too by moving to c3.otherwise they retire in the same job group.
The promotion across the grade should be automatic after three years. No teacher should be in one grade for more than three years.
Teachers need to be payed well since they are the key foundation morally in the society. With no education in a country even the economy cannot grow.
1. Diploma teacher to have automated c2 to c3 promotion
2 classroom teacher ie b5 c5 to be added 50 percentage if their basic salary
A better paid teacher is a nation developed.
The current economy has snatched smiles from the teacher since we are dependent on loans.the current salary cannot cater for our families.
House and commuter allowances is another concern.renting a house and traveling has really hit us hard.
We as educators are looking forward to positive response.
How about teachers and Administrators with Masters and Doctorate please?
How about Promotion of teachers and Administrators with Masters and Doctorate Degrees please? Status???