- Officials have renewed calls for the council to streamline the payment process going forward
- Ngeno said examination officials should be paid their allowances promptly once they complete their assignments
- Delayed disbursements have in the past caused financial strain for teachers across the country
The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has begun disbursing payments to teachers and other contracted professionals who supervised, invigilated and marked the 2025 national examinations, with many of the beneficiaries confirming that they started receiving their dues on Wednesday.
The development has been welcomed by teacher unions, even as officials renew calls for the council to streamline the payment process going forward.
Bomet Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) Branch Chairman Emmanuel Ngeno said examination officials should be paid their allowances promptly once they complete their assignments, noting that delayed disbursements have in the past caused financial strain for teachers across the country.
“The government should plan and provide enough funds for examination activities in every financial year. Examiners should not be forced to wait for months before receiving money they have already worked for,” said Ngeno.
Ngeno challenged the national government to guarantee adequate budgetary allocations for examination-related activities to enable KNEC to settle dues on time, arguing that the responsibility for timely payment lies as much with funding decisions at the Treasury as it does with the council’s own processes.
Ngeno further raised concern that some examiners have died before receiving their allowances, leaving their families without the financial support they had expected from the payments. “It is unfortunate that some teachers have passed away before receiving the money they earned through examination duties. Such delays should be avoided at all costs,” he said.
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According to Ngeno, ensuring examiners are paid promptly would go a long way in boosting the morale of teachers who take part in national examination exercises and encourage more professionals to volunteer for similar assignments in future.
He urged KNEC and the National Treasury to work closely together to ensure examination officials are compensated within a reasonable period following the release of examination results, saying timely payment is not merely a matter of fairness to examiners but also a key factor in sustaining public confidence in the country’s national examination system.
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