The Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) has renewed its call for teachers\u2019 salaries to be matched with those of other public servants, saying the latest salary review by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) has failed to address the long-standing pay gap.<\/p>\n
The union also expressed disappointment with the salary review for the 2026\/2027 financial year, saying it does not meet what was agreed under Phase II of the 2025\u20132029 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). It said the pay increase has been reduced by statutory deductions and the high cost of living, leaving teachers with little benefit.<\/p>\n
Speaking at the union\u2019s Nairobi headquarters, KUPPET Secretary-General Akello Misori said teachers in similar job groups continue to earn far less than other public servants, with some receiving up to 60 per cent less.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn higher job groups alone, civil servants earn even double the pay offered by the Teachers Service Commission,\u201d Misori said.<\/p>\n
KUPPET National Chairperson Omboko Milemba also urged the Salaries and Remuneration Commission to implement President William Ruto\u2019s directive on reviewing the teachers\u2019 Collective Bargaining Agreement in one or two phases. He said teachers\u2019 salaries should be harmonised with those of other public servants.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe come back to demand for harmonisation of salaries in this sector, because this is the public sector. Quickly revise our salaries, and indeed the TSC must be put on notice, because the President ordered the commission to revise the teachers\u2019 CBA and pay it in one or two phases,\u201d Milemba said.<\/p>\n
The union further raised concerns over delays in paying teachers who supervised the 2025 national examinations. It said examiners have already received their payments, but centre managers, Teachers Training Colleges examiners and other personnel involved in the examination process are still waiting. KUPPET called on the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) to release the payments without further delay.<\/p>\n
Misori also criticised the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), saying teachers have fewer opportunities for career growth because promotions stop at salary grade D5, while other public servants can rise to salary grade E4.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is in addition to the irregular cap of career progression within the TSC at salary grade D5, which is five grades below the seniormost public service grade of E4,\u201d Misori added.<\/p>\n
The union also raised concerns about the Social Health Authority (SHA), saying teachers are still paying for some medical services from their own pockets even though the scheme is expected to cover those costs.<\/p>\n
The post KUPPET says new teachers\u2019 salary review fails to address pay inequality<\/a> appeared first on KBC Digital<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) has renewed its call for teachers\u2019 salaries to be matched with those of other public servants, saying the latest salary review by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) has failed to address the long-standing pay gap. The union also expressed disappointment with the salary review for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147717\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}