The Kenya National Union of Teachers(KNUT) is set to push for an increase in teachers' salaries and allowances in the next four years.
In a public event on Sunday, May 18, KNUT Deputy Secretary General Hebson Otieno stated that the Union will propose a 60 per cent salary increment and a 30 per cent allowance increase in their Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with the government.
According to Hebson, the move will be fundamental in motivating teachers who are already feeling the pinch from frequent tax deductions. "The new CBA of 2025-2029 will be in parliament soon, and we want members of parliament to help us because we want to push for a 60 per cent increase and an allowance of 30 per cent increase," Otieno said.
KNUT offices located along Mfangano street in Nairobi Twitter On the other hand, the Kajido Member of Parliament, Elijah Memusi, urged the national government to reconsider a proposal to scrap the hardship allowance for teachers in remote areas, stressing that the government should motivate them by adding this allowance. "Hardship allowance is their right and it cannot be taken; what you can only do is to add to what they already have," he stated.
