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Teachers Strike Looming As They Issue New Demands

BY Getrude Mathayo · December 19, 2022 02:12 pm

KEY POINTS

KNUT secretary general Collins Oyuu demanded a 60 percent increase in the basic salary for teachers across all cadres and a review of the 2021-2025 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)

KEY TAKEAWAYS

“We now demand the welfare of all teachers be put into consideration in the 2021-2025 CBA and every teacher to be awarded a 60 percent basic salary increase,” Oyuu demanded. 

Through the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), teachers issued demands to President William Ruto’s government lest they organize an industrial strike.

According to Collins Oyuu, the secretary general of the KNUT, PS made the announcement on Tuesday, December 13 during the annual union delegation meeting in Kisumu.

Oyuu urged a revision of the Collective Bargaining Agreement for the years 2021-2025 as well as a 60 percent raise in the basic pay for teachers in all cadres (CBA).

KNUT secretary general Collins Oyuu demanded a 60 percent increase in the basic salary for teachers across all cadres and a review of the 2021-2025 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). The last CBA signed for 2017 -2021 put a lot of emphasis on the welfare of headteachers and their deputies.

“We now demand the welfare of all teachers be put into consideration in the 2021-2025 CBA and every teacher to be awarded a 60 percent basic salary increase,” Oyuu demanded. He argued that teachers should be treated well, considering their job demands.

“The quality of life for teachers in this country has deteriorated due to poor pay, and we want the government to recognize us and be rewarded,” Oyuu added.

The union also advocated for the delocalization program of teachers, underlining that it hurts the basic structure of the family.

KNUT further announced that it will petition the Parliament to allocate Ksh4.5 billion for teachers to cater for teachers’ professional development induction.

Teachers do not have enough finances to maintain themselves. We should, therefore, not be expected to pay for the professional development induction,” Oyuu stated.

Currently, teachers pay Ksh6,000 for the induction offered in select Kenyan universities.

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