KUSNET Non-Members to Be Deducted Agency Fee
Around 5,900 teachers in special schools who are not members of the Kenya Union of Special Needs Education Teachers (KUSNET) are set to be deducted 1.45% of the agency fee per month from their basic salary.
This is after the Labour Relation Cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui gazette the fee through a Legal Notice No. 10 of 2022. The Legal Notice No. 10 of 2022 which is dated the 5th of January 5, 2022, directed the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to start the deductions of the agency fees within 30 days following being served orders by the union.
Already, the union has notified the Commission via a letter that was addressed to the Commission’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr Nancy Macharia on January 21, 2022. The letters were drafted and sent to the union by the union’s Secretary-General James Torome.
The Union as well as other major teachers’ unions signed the current 2021-2025 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with no salary increments. However, according to Torome, the CBA was mutually agreed with TSC and there is room to hold a review with the employer regarding salary increments within a year.
The union wanted a salary increment of between 50% and 60% on their basic salary and enhanced allowances. This meant that the lowest teacher at Grade B5 will have a basic salary rising to Sh. 34,810 from Sh. 21,756 on the minimum and from Sh. 27,195 to Sh. 43,512 maximum.
The highest teacher at Grade D5 may have their salaries increase from the current Sh. 131,380 to Sh. 197,070.
TSC recognized KUSNET fully last year as a body representing the interests of teachers of special needs education employed under TSC and are paid up members of KUSNET.
Mr Torome registered the union via the Labour Board with him being the first member and it has taken time to get members.
KUSNET fights for the welfare of Special Needs Education (SNE) such as advocating for better terms of employment and conditions for SNE teachers. They also involve SNE learners’ parents as the key stakeholders in their quest of promoting SNE in Kenya and respond to challenges in SNE.
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