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The New Maximum Deduction Per Teacher For County Branch BBF Benefits

BY Getrude Mathayo · August 24, 2021 10:08 am

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According to the union, branches without BBF shall be encouraged to start one but members shall not be charged over 150 shillings.

New guidelines have been released by the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) on how the County Branch BBF kitty should be run.

KUPPET teachers have, in the past, experienced numerous difficulties in matters of death involving their members who pass on. Therefore, individual branches decided to establish BBF to offer solutions to these challenges.

Running the BBF posed some other challenges that prompted the National Governing Council Welfare, NGCW, Committee to come up with some guidelines. According to the new guidelines, NGCW shall intervene in finding solutions to challenges facing BBF in branches

According to the union, branches without BBF shall be encouraged to start one but members shall not be charged over 150 shillings. NGCW may monitor the running of the burial benevolent funds to ensure smooth performance.

The scope of the BBF beneficiaries shall at most cover the nuclear family and at most two parents. The financial benefits shall be categorized as follows and may be reviewed during annual general meetings (AGM).

Equally, NGCW shall open a window to receive complains and challenges from branches that are BBF based that will be addressed to the chairman of NGCW

Individual branches shall formulate tools that will prevent fraud from members during claims. Branches may source funds through innovativeness i.e., fundraising, income generating projects.

Individual branches shall appoint an auditor who shall be appointed for each consecutive year during the Annual General Meeting. The auditor shall not be an office-bearer or a delegate of the scheme.

A special Annual General Meeting shall be held under the direction of the committee. The executive committee shall be held three times a year or once every term.

All BBFs shall be controlled by the KUPPET head office. All branch secretariat staff also contributes like teachers and equally benefit as other members.

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