Teachers have recently shown a face smile after a new pay deal signed by their Union and their employer, Teachers Service Commission (TSC).
Their payslips have an increment of between Sh785 and Sh5, 141 as minimal and maximum amount respectively.
This is after the government had approved a 7-10% increment as civil officials intend to receive updated payslips.
The deal of salary increase was signed by Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) and the Kenya Union of Special Needs Education Teachers (KUSNET).
However, the civil officials will be required to pay additional taxes on their newly salaries, for instance, a government employee earning Sh.100k per month will now pay Sh.1500 as house levy tax and Sh.880 to Sh.2400 as NSSF Contributions. Previously, teachers were exempted the NSSF deductions.
Kenya National Union of Teachers Sec General Collins Oyuu said that the increment will cushion teachers against all the deductions.
“The pay rise will be used to cushion teachers from the new deductions, inflation and high cost of living,” said Oyuu.
The pay hits different to the teachers in grades C4, C5, D4 and D5 as the will not receive any increment.
However, under the new signed deal, teachers in Grade 5B will get a minimum pay rise of sh.2,074 from Sh.21756 to Sh. 23830.
Those in job group C1 will get Sh.29,787 from Sh.27,195 and those in C2 will get Sh.38,286 from Sh.34955.
Those in C3 will get Sh.45,671 from Sh.43,154, those in C4 will get no rise as their salaries Sh.52,308.
Teachers in D1 will get an increase of Sh.785 from 77,840 to Sh.78,625, D2 Sh. 1,455 from 91,041 to Sh.92,496 and D3 Teachers Sh.1,399 increment from 104,644 to Sh. 106,043.
Those in D4 and D5 won’t get any rise pay as their salaries remain stand still Sh 114,242 and Sh.131 380 respectively.
TSC CEO Nancy Macharia said that the commission had in the period promoted 14,738 as there are still 36,275 pending vacancies.
