The National Assembly committee on education is seeking re-classification of hardship allowances for teachers, with proposals that it be clustered.
During a session with the committee, chaired by Vice-Chairperson Eve Obara, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) explained that housing and hardship allowances are determined by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC), with the TSC only mandated to implement them.
The TSC team, led by Acting Chief Executive Officer Evaleen Mitei and Director of Legal Affairs Cavin Anyuor, was responding to MPs' questions on how hardship areas are defined and the role of the SRC in determining teachers' allowances.
Isiolo County MP Mumina Bonaya led called for the clustering of hardship allowances, similar to the current structure of housing allowances, and urged a swift review.
