Teachers who invigilated the 2025 exams and assessments are now assured of payment after the Members of Parliament (MPs) approved a supplementary budget to give Knec funds to facilitate payment of its bills.
Basic Education Principal Secretary, Julius Bitok, had called for speedy approval of sh 66 billion supplementary budget.
Bitok had urged MPs to approve the funding which he said will be used to pay Knec invigilators, school capitation and ASAL school feeding programme.
Key government ministries including the Ministry of Education have been hit hard with liquidity crisis.
Knec has not been able to pay contracted professionals despite several assurances from Education CS Julius Ogamba and Treasury CS John Mbadi.
The Auditor General, Nancy Gathungu, had declared Knec broke which highlighted the deep financial crunch in President Ruto’s government.
Gathungu said Knec is technically insolvent with liabilities exceeding assets by 2 billion shillings and cannot be able to meet its financial obligations unless the government bails it out.
Knec is not the only institution facing cash crunch, TSC has also been declared technically insolvent with pending bills amounting to millions.
Treasury will now allocate funds to Knec which will allow it pay examiners in two weeks time.
Knec requires around 1 billion shillings to be able to pay contracted professionals which include teachers, security personnel and drivers.
Both Knut and Kuppet have threatened to boycott the 2026 national exams and assessments over Knec continuous delays in paying invigilators.
Each year Knec contracts professionals who assist in the national exercise. They include teachers, drivers and security personnel.
Though Knec does not pay for services rendered by teachers in exam centres, it reimburses transport fares after national exams are concluded, marked and results released to the public.
KPSEA Results
KPSEA results which were the last assessment awaited to be released to allow payment to teachers are already out.
Some teachers have previously complained to the Council after missing payment when payment of dues was done.
Knec says the delays are mostly due to data mismatches and documentation.
“Delays have in some cases been linked to data mismatches, documentation requirements (such as properly signed and stamped attendance registers), and verification processes necessary for accurate payment disbursement. We urge those affected to confirm that their details in the Contracted Professionals (CP2) system match their official identification and mobile money registration information to facilitate processing,” said Knec.
Knec has previously listed possible reasons why some teachers miss payment and the remedy for this.
Reason 1
Name mismatch: The CP2 name and M-Pesa name of the phone number provided do not match.
Solution
Create a new CP2 account with a registered Safaricom (M-Pesa) number matching your ID details.
Reason 2
Missing ID number or TSC/PF number
Solution
Login to the CP2 portal and update your details with the correct data.
Reason 3
Missing documentation (Attendance registers were not submitted or were submitted but lack official stamps and signatures).
Solution
Centre managers to download the attendance registers from the CP2 portal, verify the details, sign, stamp and submit them to the Sub-County Director of Education (SCDE), who will forward the updated documents to KNEC.
Reason 4
Contracted professionals who worked but were not deployed in the CP2 portal.
Solution
Contact your SCDE and register your query for onward submission to KNEC. Include the following: Year invigilated or supervised Exam invigilated or supervised Code of centre invigilated or supervised Name of officer Role in the exam/assessment centre, Safaricom M-pesa number that matches your ID details.
Reason 5
Slow response to KNEC requests for facilitation of data and/or late delivery of accurate and complete Contracted Professionals’ data.
Solution
KNEC processes complete and accurate data as it is received. Clean up your data and resend through the SCDE.
KPSEA INVIGILATORS
sh 550 per day for 3 days equals sh 1,680
KJSEA INVIGILATORS
sh 550 per day for 6 days equals sh 3,300
KPSEA & KJSEA SUPERVISORS
sh 680 per day for 6 days equals sh 4,080
KCSE SUPERVISORS
sh 680 per day for 16 days equals sh 10,880
KCSE INVIGILATORS
sh 550 per day for 16 days equals sh 8,800
CENTRE MANAGERS
sh 550 per day for KPSEA and KJSEA and KCSE