TSC, teachers' unions crunch pay talks set for Friday
Scroll down to read the article
The Teachers Service Commission Acting CEO Eveleen Mitei when she appeared before the National Assembly Education Committee at Bunge Tower Nairobi on July 9, 2025.
The previous CBA expired on June 30 2025, leaving teachers without a structured framework to guide salaries, benefits, or career progression.
The unions have demanded an increase to the allowances teachers qualify for and a retention of gazette hardship zones under the agreement.
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has invited teachers’ unions for salary negotiations Friday following a meeting with the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) in a fresh push to resolve the salary standoff in the education sector.
The teachers’ employer met the SRC on Tuesday to agree on a counter-offer to the teachers’ demands. The move comes amid mounting pressure from the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet), the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) and the Kenya Union of Special Needs Education Teachers (Kusnet) who have decried stalled negotiations for the 2021–2025 collective bargaining agreement (CBA) after the previous one expired last month.
