The latest news reaching us on our news desk has it that
just when we thought that learning in Kenya had resumed without hiccups, teachers are threatening to sue their employer over September salaries.
This development ensued after employers of the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) failed to honor a court order which directed that teachers should be paid their September salaries.
Yesterday, Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) held a consultative meeting with its lawyers to strategise on the way forward following the misunderstanding between teachers and their employer.
The Kenya Post-Primary Education Teachers Union (Kuppet), said they will sue the commission if their salaries were not remitted to their accounts by end of day yesterday.
However, TSC said their lawyers are set to appeal against some of the orders issued by the court. They added that some of the orders were issued while an appeal case was ongoing.
One of the orders set for appeal include the one to negotiate with teachers’ unions concerning the methodologies to pay the salary increments in line with the budget cycle. Additionally, TSC might also appeal against the order to pay teachers, and not to victimize them.
According to TSC some teachers have not gone back to school as directed by the
just when we thought that learning in Kenya had resumed without hiccups, teachers are threatening to sue their employer over September salaries.
This development ensued after employers of the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) failed to honor a court order which directed that teachers should be paid their September salaries.
Yesterday, Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) held a consultative meeting with its lawyers to strategise on the way forward following the misunderstanding between teachers and their employer.
The Kenya Post-Primary Education Teachers Union (Kuppet), said they will sue the commission if their salaries were not remitted to their accounts by end of day yesterday.
However, TSC said their lawyers are set to appeal against some of the orders issued by the court. They added that some of the orders were issued while an appeal case was ongoing.
One of the orders set for appeal include the one to negotiate with teachers’ unions concerning the methodologies to pay the salary increments in line with the budget cycle. Additionally, TSC might also appeal against the order to pay teachers, and not to victimize them.
According to TSC some teachers have not gone back to school as directed by the