TSC Disturbing News About Teachers’ May Salaries
Teachers’ salaries for May 2023 have yet to be paid by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC).
Many teachers had hoped that the Commission would pay them by Friday so that banks and saccos could process their paychecks over the weekend.
However, all teacher salary outlets are filthy. Teachers are still hopeful that they will be paid by tomorrow, Monday.
Fear From TSC Insider
A TSC insider is now instilling fear among instructors about the government’s ability to pay its employees.
He claims that the government is failing to satisfy its usual duties, which include paying its employees, including teachers.
Payroll Dept
According to an insider who also works in the TSC Payroll department, teachers should start looking for other means to subsist rather than relying solely on salaries, which are not promising, especially with the current broke government.
He claims that a proportionate number of teachers will be paid late this month. He claims that this may involve unpaid junior secondary school teachers.
His remarks came about a month after the TSC issued a statement regarding the fate of 17,800 junior secondary school (JSS) teachers who were not paid for three months.
Delayed Salaries for JSS Teachers
According to the Commission’s secretary, Nancy Macharia, the delayed payments were caused by teachers arriving at their work stations later than scheduled, causing problems with wage processing.
“The procedure is that recruits are given 30 days to report to their various stations, which results in some starting work later than others,” TCS CEO Nancy Macharia explained.
“This sometimes causes delays in processing their salaries,” she noted. So far, the commission has processed more than half of the newly hired teachers’ wages.”
According to Ms Macharia, the payment delay could also be owing to the impacted employees’ failure to submit needed documentation on time.
Education CS’ Take
Ezekiel Machogu, Cabinet Secretary for Education, has urged TSC to guarantee that teachers’ salaries are paid on time.
When he came before the National Assembly plenary for questioning by MPs, the CS expressed sadness that more than half of the teachers hired by the TSC had yet to be paid.
Some of the teachers have not been paid since they came for duty in February.
“I’d like to apologize to our teachers for the payment delay.” We have been unable to pay some of them. When I spoke with the CEO of the Teachers Service Commission today, it was confirmed that nearly half of the newly hired teachers had been paid, and the other half, I’m gathering information from the feed so we can pay them. “I assure you that funds are available and that we will be able to pay promptly,” Machogu stated.
The CS was replying to a question from Nominated MP Sabina Chege on salary delays.
He explained that the delayed salaries were caused by the teachers’ differing reporting schedules to the schools where they were assigned.
Junior secondary school teachers arrived at their workstations in February, while others did so in March.
Council Of Governors
Last Monday, governors from all 47 counties threatened to shut down operations in the next two weeks, citing a four-month financing backlog from the federal government.
In a news conference on Monday, May 22nd, Council of Governors chair Anne Waiguru stated that the National Treasury owes counties 94.35 billion despite several reminders.
Waiguru claims that the national government failed to distribute Ksh31.45 billion to all 47 counties in February, Ksh29.6 billion in March, and 33.3 billion in April, totaling Ksh94.35 billion.
The Kirinyaga county executive said the four-month funding delay undermines the governor’s recent meeting with President William Ruto.
“The four-month delay is unprecedented in the history of devolution and contradicts the spirit of the meeting held in Naivasha between His Excellency the President of Kenya and His Excellency the Prime Minister of Kenya.” “The President and the Governors,” Waiguru stated on Monday after chairing a CoG meeting.
She told Treasury Cabinet Secretary Njuguna Ndung’u two weeks to release the funds or force county chiefs to shut down activities.
TSC Disturbing News About Teachers’ May Salaries
