Teachers July Salary Increment Get Boost After New TSC Orders
Following the most recent order by the High Court, teachers employed by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) will benefit from an improved perk in their July salary.
Over 350,000 teachers and secretariat employees who are employed by the PNP will receive a salary hike in July thanks to money that the National Treasury has already released to TSC in the amount of sh. 9.1 billion.
President William Ruto stated that the 7% to 10% pay increase for teachers and civil personnel is intended to protect public employees from the difficult economic conditions.
“I am aware that the SRC has proposed raising the pay for many cadres of public employees, including government officials. Therefore, we have decided that from tomorrow, the pay of our teachers, police officers, military personnel, and government employees will be increased by 7 to 10%, stated Ruto at the KICC launch of the new e-citizen platform.
The High Court’s most recent decision over Finance Bill 2023, however, is what will make the July wage increase fascinating for teachers.
Judge Mugure Thande of the High Court declined Wednesday to overturn the decisions suspending the Finance Act 2023.
The judge decided that the applicants (Busia senator Okiya Omtatah and others) had made their case and warned that the public would suffer if the injunction were lifted.
The judge also ordered that the file be sent to Chief Justice Martha Koome, who would appoint a three-judge bench to hear the case and render a decision.
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As a result, teachers will get their July paychecks with a 7% wage increase instead of the 1.5% housing fund reduction that was set to begin on July 1st, 2023 under the Finance Act 2023.
According to the most recent court judgement, TSC cannot withdraw 1.5% from teachers’ paycheques to contribute to the Housing Fund.
Teachers July Salary Increment Get Boost After New TSC Orders
Teachers will gain from an increase in net salary as well as an increase in their ability to borrow money when taking out cheque off loans.
The wage increase will be reflected in the paystubs for July because the president instructed that it be computed as of the first of the month.
Teachers will receive a pay increase of 7% in the first fiscal year (2023-2024), 8% in the second (2024-2025), 9% in the third (2025-2026), and 10% in the fourth (2026-2027).
However, the TSC has been given a 14-day deadline to call a meeting to examine the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) that was signed in 2021 after the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) voiced its displeasure.
The National Treasury cut the TSC’s initial demand for teachers’ allowances from Sh2 billion to Sh1 billion, which is regrettable. Knut SG Collins Oyuu stated, “We still want our TSC to sit down with us and reopen the door for discussions.
But now that the restriction on negotiations has been lifted, we are leaving. The TSC has received a letter from us, and I have given them 14 days to meet with us so that we can begin examining the non-financial CBA that we agreed to in 2021. We must not lose sight of the fact that this country’s economic condition is so dire that we must sit down once more in order to put food on the table for the teachers.
Based on a 7% to 10% wage increase, the minimum and maximum basic salaries for teachers in job groups B5 to D5 are listed below.
