Broken promises by president Ruto as tutors receive reduced July pay
Teachers of Kenya are a disillusioned lot after a pay rise offer by the government failed to reflect in their July salary pay slips.
To make matters worse, teachers instead discovered that their employer, Teachers Service Commission (TSC) made new deductions for the 2023/2024 budget.
The teachers, however, got a reprieve after the controversial 1.5 per cent housing levy was not effected due to a court order suspending the implementation of the Finance Act 2023.
July salary teachers’ pay slips seen by The Informer bear deductions to the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), an issue of concern to teachers because they always contribute through a provident fund based on job grades.
To compound the matter, this time round, deductions have been made for both funds from the July salary.
Confusion reigned among the teaching fraternity yesterday when they realized the money credited to their accounts had not reflected on the TSC portal to show the respective deductions made.
This was occasioned by a delay in uploading the pay slips to the portal.
The deductions are a flat rate of Sh320 for all teachers, which contradicts the NSSF rate of Sh600 for the lowest earners and Sh1,080 for the highest earners, which came into effect in February. The previous rate was Sh200.
There is a proposal to increase the rate to 6 per cent of an individual’s salary, but which should not exceed Sh18,000.
TSC has also been making deductions to the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF).
