Teachers employed by Teachers Service Commission (TSC) will receive their August salaries unusually late.
This follows flopped talks that were aimed at reviewing the 2021-2025 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) on Tuesday in Kabete, Nairobi.
Knut and Kuppet will meet TSC again on Monday next week in Naivasha for a second attempt to strike a salary deal.
The Commission has already hinted at holding August salaries till the CBA talks are concluded.
The Commission must pay August salaries with salary increment as directed by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC).
TSC has already paid some third party obligations for teachers such as insurance premiums and loans.
This means teachers may have their August salaries paid as late as Friday next week due to the dragged negotiations.
TSC will also publish and release the new salaries and allowances for teachers from job group B5 to D5.
The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) already announced a salary increment of 7 to 10% paid in two phases and backdated from 1st July 2023.
TSC however want to enshrine the payrise in the CBA it signed with teachers unions in 2021.
The Commissions salary offer of 2.4-9.5% which will see the lowest teacher in job group B5 getting Sh1,037 in increment was rejected by unions.
The TSC had proposed a 9.5% increment for the lowest earning teacher and 2.4% for the highest grades.
“It’s sad that what the TSC presented is even less than the advisory that the SRC gave. We have given them up to Monday to come up with tangible proposals. Our hopes have been dashed by further mutilation of what we regard as a windfall from the President and the SRC advisory,” said Kuppet secretary Mr Akello Misori.
The union officials had struck the 7-10% deal with President Ruto when they met in at State House as he was lobbying for support of the Finance Bill 2023, which he has since signed into law.
Knut secretary Mr Collins Oyuu said the increase was meant to cushion teachers from the harsh economic situation in the country and that the TSC tabled nothing new.
Mr Misori said Kuppet presented its salary increment proposals in 2019 and that the negotiations were meant to commence in 2020 but were disrupted by the pandemic.
In July 2021, the unions agreed to a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) that did not have a monetary component hoping to review it when the economy improved.
“We want to know who’s telling the truth: whether TSC is not aware there was an advisory, whether they’re not aware that the President pronounced himself on this or whether they’re not aware we were prepared for not less than what was offered,” Mr Misori said.
Mr Oyuu said Tuesday’s meeting at the Kenya School of Government had nothing to do with the expected review of the 2021-2025 CBA.
“Knut will not honour anything brought to us by SRC. After all, what’s the essence of negotiation? Legally, the employer cannot present to the unions what is already done by the SRC,” he said.
The SRC had proposed the 10 per cent raise going to the highest earners and seven per cent to the lower cadre.
“The 2017-2021 CBA mainly benefited teachers in administrative positions. We must have a total inversion of the expected seven to 10 per cent, with the lowest earning teacher getting the 9.5 per cent.
With or without CBA agreements, salary will come on time as usual. There is nothing like delays.
Don’t delay the salary, pay teachers the normal SRC thing then start your negotiations as unions after that.
Twice fold have l alluded to president’s award. Twice have l yawned for CBA 2021-2025. Twice have l taught simultaneous equation. Class, this is how to perform simultaneous equation
RUTO. CBA
7^-10%. 70%→KUPPET
30%→KNUT
You can NOT harmonies the two unless your equation is hyperbolic solved without 4 figure log table!
Let the August salary delay but by the end of the day we get what is required to us.
our unions are toothless…
teachers are poorly paid despite paying huge fees in universities and later to be paid peanuts
The president directed 7_10 percent salary inrement to all workers. Let that be paid then discussion on CBA continue. Mtaka yote hukosa yote
Don’t delay the salaries! How do you expect teachers to go back to school without money? Again will our kids stay home till you decide whether to increase the salaries or not? Pay us our peanut tumewazoea!
Give us our August salary in time, I no longer care about the increase. We need to pay school fees and go back to school
Why delay the presidential order,pay innocent teachers then go negotiate.
Please use the principle of equity to renumerate teachers-the low cadre should receive highest increments in order to reduce the inequality gap
What’s the current salary increament for teachers
7%-9% is a peanut. It can not cushion teachers from hard economic times.knut must sharpen its tooth.
Pay us our peanuts,our children are going to school.
Hata hivyo tumezoea hio kidogo.
The word delay here is very irritating,,,they give trs their due as they continue with their negotiations,!!!!!.
Where in the world are higher cadre employees given a higher % increment than lower cadre employees. This SRC thing must be very confused and elitist. In fact lower cadre civil servants have only been given 3%
Wueh,,ni kukali.Let them pay August saloo! Negotiations baadaye.
Punda ones poleni sana tafuteni side hustles instead of kukàa chini ya miti na village shopping centres gossiping mukikunywa soda ya deni
Pliz pay the hungry teachers or you will be cursed