Teachers service commission is constitutionally mandated to register hire, promote and exercise disciplinary control over teachers.
Last year the commission signed a non-monetary CBA with teachers which is supposed to run through 2025 Citing hard economic times.
The move broke the hearts of teachers who were expecting an increment to cushion them against inflation that had greatly reduced their purchasing powers.
Nevertheless, the tutors still can Smile if the latest move by their union Knut to call for fresh talks with TSC yields fruits.
Apparently, the union has written to the commission to seek for renegotiation of the CBA.
According to Knut deputy secretary general Hesbon Otieno, the move followed the latest announcement by the president about minimum wage increment by 12 percent.
“The president said that having assessed the economic growth and revitalization of industrialization, the economy is doing very well” he said
He said currently KNUT’s research team is carrying out economic survey for presentations to TSC.TSC had to heed an advisory opinion by salaries and remuneration commission to freeze salary increment for two Years leading to the nonmonetary CBA.
