NO PAY INCREASE TEACHERS TO GET MORE MATERNITY AND PARTENITY DAYS

By Clive Ayuko

Nairobi, Kenya 29th June 2021

The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers and the Kenya National Union of Teachers today evening at a Nairobi hotel rejected a proposal offered by the Teachers Service Commission the 2020-2021 collective bargaining agreement.

From Right to Left Kuppet Chairman Hob Omboko Milemba, Kuppet Secretary General Akelo Misori, Newly elected Kenya National Union of Teacher Secretary General Collins Oyoo and KNUT Chairperson Mr Patrick Karinga. Images Courtesy Clive Ayuko

The offer by the Teachers Service Commission which the two trade Unions rejected proposed acceptance of transfer requests for teacher couples, a pre-adoptive leave of 45 days, an increase in paternity leave days from the current 14 days to 21 days and 90 to 120 days for maternal leave days and an affirmative action for teachers working in Arid and Seni arid Regions.

Speaking shortly after the address by the trade Union leaders the Commission Chief Executive Nancy Macharia blamed the inability to effect a salary increase on the Covid19 pandemic and the negative effect the same has had on the performance of the economy.

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