Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) officials have lashed out at the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) over delayed payment of the recently employed 30,000 Junior Secondary School (JSS) teachers.
Elgeyo Marakwet Branch Secretary Mr. Paul Biwott and his colleague Mr. Zacharia Nyomboi Kipsaina (Baringo Branch) said it is unfortunate that Teachers Service Commission (TSC) rushed in employing and deploying teachers to various schools but has failed to pay them their dues.
The duo said payment of meager 5,000 teachers was a drop in an ocean and a mockery to teachers’ fraternity and called for speedy action to resolve the issue.
The branch officials said the new teachers employed have expressed their plight with disappointment in the teachers’ employer body, asking that they should address the matter urgently.
They said teachers are facing a lot of challenges especially at this time when the country is facing a serious economic crisis.
“We are worried the newly employed will fail to deliver their duties since they are facing myriad of challenges. TSC should fast track their payments if they were destined to implement and permit the new Curriculum Based Curriculum (CBC) to thrive,” said Elgeyo Marakwet County branch official Mr. Biwott.
Biwott said previous government before were taking only a month to pay newly employed teachers and wondered of the standard the body is applying.
He said JSS teachers were also facing unfriendly rapport from colleague teaching in primary school and asked TSC to transfer them to secondary schools.
Baringo Branch Secretary Mr. Zacharia Nyomboi decried snail pace by government to quell banditry in volatile regions of Baringo and Elgeyo Marakwet counties, which has paralyzed learning in affected areas.
“It is disappointing that despite government rolling out a disarmament operation involving multi agency security team including Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) and the police who have failed to stop the deaths .We ask government to stop the empty rhetoric and restore calm in the porous borders to realize learning in schools,” Nyomboi said.
Mr. Nyomboi threatened to withdraw all teachers in insecurity prone areas if government will not provide a long lasting solution to banditry reigning supreme in affected areas.
Some schools in Elgeyo Marakwet and Baringo have closed indefinitely after scores of people including school going children were killed.
By Alfred Kimosop
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