The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) and the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) have announced plans to hold a nationwide teachers’ strike if the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) fails to implement six resolutions they demand to be addressed.
While addressing the media on Wednesday, KNUT Secretary General Collins Oyuu said they would down their tools on August 26, 2024, if their demands are not met.
“KNUT and KUPPET have today joined forces to demand the immediate resolution of the following six issues causing unrest among our members,” stated Oyuu.
The six issues the two unions demand TSC implement within seven days are full implementation of the 2021-2025 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), conversion of Junior Secondary School (JSS) teachers to new employment status, and immediate confirmation of all current intern teachers to permanent and pensionable terms with the remittance of their full salaries for the month.
“The unions demand the immediate confirmation of all current intern teachers to permanent and pensionable terms effective July 1, 2024, and the remittance of their full salaries for the month, which are now arrears,” Oyuu said.
TSC is also blamed for reducing the appropriations for the teachers’ medical scheme in the 2024/2025 financial year.
“The unions are concerned by the reduction in the current Appropriations Act of the teachers’ medical cover by Ksh.11,899,413,833, which will cut the benefits to teachers by 50 per cent,” said Akello Misori, KUPPET Secretary General.
