Court orders up to 60 pc basic pay increase for teachers

Politics and policy

Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) national treasurer Albanus Mutisya (left), chairman Mudzo Nzilli and secretary-general Wilson Sossion at a past media briefing. The pay rise will be backdated to July 2013, payable over four years. PHOTO | FILE |   NATION MEDIA GROUP

By SANDRA CHAO-BLASTO, schao@ke.nationmedia.com

Teachers have been offered a 50 to 60 per cent basic pay increase effective immediately.

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The pay rise will be backdated to July 2013 and is payable over four years.

Industrial Court Judge Justice Nduma Nderi ordered that the pay increase agreement between the teachers' union Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) and the Teachers Service Commission should be registered with the court within 30 days.

Teachers and the TSC had taken their remuneration battle to the employment and labour relations court after the January 2015 strike that paralysed education around the country.

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