Kenya Union of Special Needs Education Teachers KUSNET has asked the National Assembly to approve Sh56billion budget required by TSC to increase teachers’ salaries.
KUSNEST argues that the budget was proposed by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) CEO Nancy Macharia and it would be prudent for Kenyan MPs to approve it.
Speaking on Saturday, KUSNEST Secretary General James Torome said approval of the budget will enable teachers to get pay rise in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement.
“It’s high time Kenyan MPs approved the Sh56 billion proposed by the TSC to enhance implementation of the agreement. The employer will get funds and improve the welfare of teachers,” he said.
The union wants MPs to approve the budget in April before the next budget is read
Going further, Torome asked MPs to expedite approving the budget instead of talking about the matter outside parliament.
In the company of KUSNEST vice chairman Daniel Yator and National Trustee Jackson Odindo, he claimed that some MPs discuss the budget in public fora such as funerals and informal other gatherings in villages instead of parliament.
“Roadside declarations and other talks about approval of the budget are not helping us. We want to see MPs discuss the matter officially on the floor of parliament,” Torome said.
Early this month, TSC secretary Macharia told MPs in the committee on Education and Research that her office needs Sh14billion for four years to implement CBA of 2021-2025.
The unionists took the opportunity to ask the government not to privatize learning institutions. They argued that privatization of learning institutions will make education unaffordable to many Kenyans.
They also want the government to continue remitting capitation funds to schools regularly.
