The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and teachers unions have signed a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) 2025 – 2029 unlocking a payrise deal for teachers.
In the agreement TSC has favoured teachers in lower cadres especially those in job groups B5, C1, C2 and C3 inline with the advisory by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC).
“After the long journey of detailed and thorough negotiations, we are delighted to inform our more than 400,000 teachers that we have a CBA deal for the period 2025-2029, which we have signed with the elected representatives of KNUT, KUSNET, and KUPPET today,” said TSC Chairperson Jamleck Muturi in a press statement.
TSC has awarded the lowest teacher in grade B5 with a basic salary increment of sh. 7,313 spread in four years.
The teacher who used to earn a minimum of sh. 23,830 basic salary will now get sh. 28,620 per month.
Kuppet, Knut and Kusnet have appended their signature into the deal to usher in new salary changes in July payroll.
The Commission has however not revised the allowances paid to teachers which unions wanted raised to cushion teacher from effects of inflation.
The Commission has only increased the rates for payment of Baggage Allowance.
All other existing allowances will remain unchanged as TSC plans to review the Career Progression Guidelines (CPG) in June 2026.
The Commission has thanked President William Ruto for support announcing a raft of goodies to be unveiled in the 2025/2026 Financial Year.
These include;
a) Recruitment of additional teachers at a cost of Sh2.4 Billion. Already, the Kenya Kwanza Government has recruited a total of 76,000 teachers in a span of just two and half years;
b) Promotion of teachers across all cadres at a cost of Sh1 Billion, and;
c) Re-tooling of Senior School teachers at a cost of Sh950 Million.
Further, as a result of the Government’s investment in the teaching service, TSC and unions on Friday 18th July signed a CBA with all teacher unions whose total cost is Sh33,753,372,108 net for a period of four years.
The first phase of the new CBA will be effective from 1st July, 2025 at a cost of 8.4 Billion in salaries and allowances, with more than Sh1.2 Billion being employer’s contribution to the teacher’s Pension Scheme and other statutory deductions.
In order to address the concerns raised by teachers through their unions, and after elaborate negotiations, the Commission has awarded a salary increment of up to 29.5% for our various cadres of staff.
BASIC SALARY CBA 2025 – 2029
Grade TSC Scale Basic Pay
Minimum Basic Pay
Maximum
B5 5 28,620 37,100
C1 6 35,336 47,261
C2 7 41,420 57,230
C3 8 49,781 66,233
C4 9 58,585 77,120
C5 10 69,745 96,130
D1 11 80,984 99,272
D2 12 95,271 116,012
D3 13 109,224 133,347
D4 14 121,789 150,675
D5 15 135,321 167,415
COMMUTER ALLOWANCE
Grade Commuter Allowance p.m
B5 4,000
C1 4,000
C2 5,000
C3 6,000
C4 8,000
C5 8,000
D1 12,000
D2 12,000
D3 14,000
D4 14,000
D5 16,000
DISABILITY GUIDE ALLOWANCE
Grade Disability Guide Allowance p.m
B5 20,000
C1 20,000
C2 20,000
C3 20,000
C4 20,000
C5 20,000
D1 20,000
D2 20,000
D3 20,000
D4 20,000
D5 20,000
LEAVE ALLOWANCE (paid once a year in Jnauary)
Grade Annual Leave Allowance
B5 4,000
C1 4,000
C2 6,000
C3 6,000
C4 6,000
cs 6,000
D1 10,000
D2 10,000
D3 10,000
D4 10,000
D5 10,000
HOUSE ALLOWANCE
Grade TSC Scale Hse1 Nairobi Hse2 -Major Municipalities- Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Nyeri, Eldoret, Thika, Kisii and Kitale Hse3 -Other former Minor Municipalities Hse4 – alI other areas
BS 5 6,750 4,500 3,850 3,200
C1 6 10,000 7,500 5,800 4,200
C2 7 16,500 12,800 9,600 7,500
C3 8 28,000 22,000 16,500 13,000
C4 9 28,000 22,000 16,500 13,000
C5 10 35,000 25,500 18,000 15,400
D1 11 45,000 28,000 21,000 16,800
D2 12 45,000 28,000 21,000 16,800
D3 13 45,000 28,000 21,000 16,800
D4 14 45,000 28,000 21,000 16,800
D5 15 50,000 35,000
HARDSHIP ALLOWANCE
Grade Hardship Allowance
B5 6,600
C1 8,200
C2 10,900
C3 12,300
C4 14,650
C5 17,100
D1 27,300
D2 27,300
D3 31,500
D4 31,500
D5 38,100
BAGGAGE ALLOWANCE
Grade Rates in Kshs. per kilometer
B5 43
C1 43
C2 55
C3 55
C4 55
C5 55
D1 68
D2 68
D3 68
D4 68
D5 80