Teachers are not happy despite the TSC paying the July salaries with salary increment inline with Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) 2025 – 2029 deal signed with teachers unions.
By close of business yesterday almost all banks and a few Saccos had effected the July salaries into teachers accounts.
Majority of teachers are frustrated and bitter after receiving a trivial increment in their July payslips which TSC has made them available online.
Many teachers were hopeful for an increment that would make a difference. Sadly many received an increment that doesn’t cross sh. 1,000/- a clear ground for frustration and turmoil.
For example a teacher in job group C1 and in bar got an increment of sh 996 in the net salary.
C1 – KSh 996
C2 – KSh 600
C3 – KSh 289
C4 – KSh 143
C5 – KSh 72
D1 – KSh 36
As the meagre increment was introduced, taxes ate up part of it leaving an insignificant net increment.
Now the heat of frustrations is being directed to union officials. Teachers blame the officials for signing a raw deal only to secure more union deductions and not tangible benefits for teachers.
Kuppet, Knut and Kusnet appended their signature into the deal on 18th July to usher in new salary changes in July payroll.
Teachers see these unions as avenues to eat their peanuts earnings instead of getting meaningful gains.
The unions did not strike deal to change allowances like commuter which has stagnated for years.
The Commission did not revise the allowances paid to teachers to cushion them from effects of inflation.
The Commission only introduced and increased the rates for payment of Baggage Allowance.
A Baggage Allowance is an allowance given to public servants on transfers to ferry their household goods from one station to another.
Example. Teachers current station is in Nairobi then he gets transferred to Busia county. The teacher is required to write a letter requesting for baggage allowance.
The ministry of transport will compute the total kilometers from Nairobi to Busia then you are paid the allowance
However all other existing allowances will remain unchanged i.e medical, house, commuter, hardship.
The Commission thanked President William Ruto for supporting the CBA 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.
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 awarded a salary increment of up to 29.5% for the 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 25,000 20,000
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