TSC salary increment 2023/2024: Teachers will get be smiling all the way to the bank after President Ruto announced a pay rise that will be effected this July. In July, teachers who are currently working for the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) will enjoy a better perk thanks to a recent ruling by the High Court.

 

More than 350,000 teachers and TSC office workers employed on  Permanent and Pensionable terms will get a hike in July. Details reaching us at newspro.co.ke show that the National Treasury has already released Shs. 9.1 billion to the TSC.

 

President William Ruto said that the 7–10% pay rise for teachers and government servants is meant to protect public workers from the tough economy.

 

“I’m aware that the SRC has suggested raising the pay of many types of public employees, including government officials. So, Ruto said at the KICC launch of the new e-citizen platform, we’ve chosen to raise the pay of our teachers, police officers, military personnel, and government workers by 7 to 10% starting tomorrow.

TSC salary increment 2023

But what will make the July wage increase interesting for teachers is the High Court’s most recent ruling about Finance Bill 2023.

 

On Wednesday, High Court Judge Mugure Thande didn’t overturn the orders that put the Finance Act 2023 on hold.

 

The judge decided that the petitioners (Busia senator Okiya Omtatah and others) have proved that they have a case, adding that if the orders were to be lifted, the public would suffer.

 

The judge also told the file to be sent to Chief Justice Martha Koome, who will choose a three-judge bench to hear the case and make a decision.

Key Statistics For July Teachers’ Payrise 2023/2024

This means that teachers will get their July pay with a 7% salary increase and without the 1.5% housing fund reduction that was written into the Finance Act 2023 and was supposed to start on July 1, 2023.

 

The most recent order from the Court says that TSC can’t take 1.5% from teachers’ paychecks for the Housing Fund.

 

In addition to getting higher net pay, teachers will also be able to borrow more money when they take out check-off loans.

 

The president ordered the salary increase to start on July 1, so the result of the rise will show up on the July paystubs.

TSC salary increment 2023

In the first financial year, 2023-2024, teachers’ salaries will go up by 7%. In the second year, 2024-2025, their salaries will go up by 8%; in the third year, 2025-2026, by 9%; and in the last year, 2026-2027, by 10%.

KNUT’s Take on Teachers’ July Pay Increase 

The Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) has, however, protested and given a 14-day ultimatum to TSC to convene a meeting to review the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) signed in 2021.

 

“Earlier, TSC proposed giving teachers salaries of Sh2 billion, which is good, but the National Treasury cut it to Sh1 billion. Knut SG Collins Oyuu said, “We still want our TSC to sit down with us and reopen the way for negotiations.”

 

“But now that the condition on talks has been removed, we are done. We wrote a message to the TSC, and I gave them 14 days to bring us to the table so that we can start reviewing the CBA that we signed in 2021 which has nothing to do with money. We can’t forget that this country’s economy is so bad that we have to meet again to make sure the teachers have something to eat,” he said.