Taita Taveta Senator Johnes Mwaruma has called for abolishment of the monthly deductions from female teachers’ salaries forwarded to Kenya Women Teachers Association (KEWOTA) that has been in effect for five years now.
In a petition presented before the Senate Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, Mwaruma noted that female teachers countrywide had been affected by the deductions.
Further, the petition stated that the deductions were made collusion with the Teachers Service Commission (TSC).
The petition, signed by more than 170 teachers from his area, demanded that the deductions indicated as subscription fees be stopped immediately.
Additionally, they demanded that the sum of Ksh200 deducted every month since 2019 be refunded with interest as the money was taken without their consent.
They also asked the Committee to compel KEWOTA to revert all their membership registration that had been done without the consent of teachers.
However, KEWOTA CEO Benter Opande said that it was unfortunate that some union officials were forcing teachers to sign petitions against their will.
“These complaints have never been brought to our organization. No single letter has been delivered to our office as required by the law. So these allegations are alien to KEWOTA,” she said.
By Thuita Jaswant
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