Teachers awaiting a pay rise under the long-awaited Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) were shocked to find that the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) had introduced a new deduction.
Their payslips reflected an unexplained deduction labelled 'KUPPET SWAL', which caused confusion and frustration.
This appeared alongside standard union fees and sparked outrage among teachers, who felt blindsided.
The new deductions left teachers confused and perplexed, as they had never heard of them before.
