The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) has stepped into the row between teachers and their employer over the issue of two payrolls that have been in place since July last year.
SRC Chief Executive Officer Anne Gitau said that the continued existence of two different payrolls at the Teachers Service Commission amounts to non-compliance with the Commission’s advice.
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) wrote to SRC on November 24 last year after TSC implemented a pay hike for 318,000 teachers and left out 103,000 others who were members of the union.
TSC also recovered money that they had been paid since July 2017 following the signing of a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) in October 2016. The actions saw Knut lose 80,000 members.
“The Commission notes that the matter raised in the letter could amount to non-compliance to SRC advice. Consequently, the Commission would like to urgently establish the status of the matter by continuous compliance checks in line with its matter,” reads a letter by Ms Gitau to TSC boss Nancy Macharia dated February 24.