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Why Kuppet wants CBA to be reviewed
The Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) National Chairman Omboko Milemba (left) during a media briefing on July 22, 2026. With him is National Secretary Gender Juliet Kimotho (right) and Secretary-General Akelo Misori.
The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) has demanded an immediate review of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) it signed with the teacher’s employer, arguing that newly approved salaries for civil servants have widened pay disparities between teachers and other public sector employees.
The union said the current salary structure discriminates against teachers, particularly those in senior grades, after the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) approved revised salary scales and allowances for national government civil servants set to take effect from August 1.
Kuppet Secretary-General Akello Misori said the union would push for an urgent reopening of the CBA it signed last year with the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to harmonise salaries with those of other public servants.
“Our CBA must be revised immediately and we will not tire to enter into a new CBA with TSC once the SRC also sees sense that whatever they have given other public servants is not commensurate because the teachers are saying there is discrimination,” said Mr Misori.
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The SRC’s revised salary structure places the highest-paid civil servants in Grade E4 on a basic monthly salary of between Sh312,000 and Sh576,000, while Grade E3 officers will earn up to Sh400,000, excluding house allowances. In contrast, teachers top out at Grade D5, where the highest basic monthly salary is Sh133,354. Although entry-level teachers earn slightly more than their counterparts in the civil service, Kuppet argues that salary progression heavily favours other public servants.
Kuppet National Chairperson Omboko Milemba said the gap had become unacceptable, warning teachers would not teach if they are paid at a lesser level than other public servants.
“A sweeper in public service is earning Sh25,000 while a trained teacher is earning Sh26,000 at the lowest level. We are not going to allow that,” he said.
The union blamed TSC for failing to effectively negotiate better terms for teachers within government. “If the TSC cannot offer good terms of service and negotiate for teachers when they go to meet the SRC and other government agencies, then we don’t need them. We would rather have teachers getting paid under the Public Service Commission,” he said.
Kuppet’s demands come a day after the Kenya Civil Servants Union also rejected the SRC-approved salary structure.
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