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Teachers Issue New Demands To Government Over Salary Increment

BY Getrude Mathayo · November 20, 2024 11:11 am

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“Some sub-counties have lost the status of hard-to-staff and hardship areas. So we must appeal to the Teachers Service Commission that the status of Kajiado should remain the same,” KNUT Secretary General Collins Oyuu declared.

The Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) is demanding a salary increase of 50 to 100 percent for its members in a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), to help cope with the growing cost of living.

According to KUPPET Secretary General Akelo Misori, he argued that this was due to the increase in the cost of basic household items between the years 2017 and 2024.

“There has been a huge price increment, especially in oil products and other basic commodities used by ordinary citizens,” he said during a meeting at AIC Mokombet Church in Uasin Gishu County on Sunday.

It is also expected to facilitate the promotion of 20,000 primary school heads, now serving as Acting Junior Secondary School Principals, to Principal status.

KUPPET is also demanding for risk allowance for teachers working in hardship areas and those working in laboratories and workshops to cater for injuries they may incur in their line of duty.

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“Some sub-counties have lost the status of hard-to-staff and hardship areas. So we must appeal to the Teachers Service Commission that the status of Kajiado should remain the same,” KNUT Secretary General Collins Oyuu declared.

“Some sub-counties have lost the status of hard-to-staff and hardship areas. So we must appeal to the Teachers Service Commission that the status of Kajiado should remain the same,” KNUT Secretary General Collins Oyuu declared.

The union also addressed the issue of teacher shortage in the area and stated that the challenge was one that affected several other counties in the country and urged TSC to prioritize staffing rural areas instead of over-staffed urban areas.

“The issue of understaffing here is one issue that even escalates to other branches and other regions,” Oyuu added.

“Teachers should not be posted to the urban areas that are already overstaffed. Let them be posted to schools that need teachers.”

Read Also: TSC Announces December Mass Recruitment Of Teachers

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