Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) and Kenya Union of Post Primary Teachers (KUPPET) have joined hands in calling upon the government not to scrape hardship allowances.
Speaking outside Catholic Church after induction of JSS teachers from Nzaui and Makindu sub county, KNUT Executive secretary Nzaui branch Joseph Ngwava Musyimi noted that Makueni being one of the affected counties,the government should add more instead of reducing.
“We are living in hard economic times kindly, don’t touch it from the pay slip since Makueni is one of the affected areas where the scrapping is likely to affect,” Ngwava said.
He called upon the government to allocate more funding needed so that there will be enough teachers for every subject since they don’t want gaps.
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He touched on rationalization of teachers adding that there is need to check on the area, population and ratio according to teachers.
Makueni county KUPPET branch gender secretary, Janet Mbatha also reiterated that Makueni teachers have committed their pay slip and doing away with the allowance will make them suffer.
She highly condemned the murder of teacher Albert Ochieng adding that as union they are mourning him in their offices.
“Nobody deserves what Albert passed through. No parent deserves that pain as well.” Mbatha said.
She noted that on CBA, even as the budget was read, there was no consideration. He added that they should be called through unions to come and speak about those issues.
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Kibwezi KNUT Executive Secretary Gabriel Kisilu, on the other hand, thanked the government for the teachers who have been promoted so far but requested more promotions.
He called for more JSS teachers’ training, adding that it would be of great help.
He, however, observed that there are teachers who left colleges a long time ago, though they are not yet employed. He added that they should get automatic employment instead of being subjected to numerous interviews.
By Lydia Ngoolo
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