Fury as Teachers Service Commission moves to cut teachers’ July pay...................Angry union heads described the move as “victimisation” and asked head- teachers not to cooperate even as they pleaded for a reprieve. However, the Government insists public officials have no choice in the matter. The Teachers Service Commission ( TSC) has instructed 47 County Directors to submit attendance list of all the schools in their jurisdiction to enable them to make the cuts. This is after Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) warned the teachers’ employer not to pay any monies for work not done. A terse communication from TSC Director of Staffi ng Nancy Macharia, seen by The Standard On Saturday, demands a list of all teachers who were fully or partially absent from school after the Industrial Court ruled the strike as illegal. The director also demands TSC numbers and other details of the errant teachers submitted back to the headquarters by Tuesday next week. SRC chairperson Sarah Serem yesterday clarified that the decision to withhold teachers’ pay was a Government position that must be executed to appreciate productivity. She said the Labour ministry, TSC and SRC were l in agreement that teachers must only be paid for work done. “This was a Government position that I only communicated as advice,” she said, adding they are bound by law to take the hard line. “If you look at the Constitution and what the labour laws say, you will appreciate what we are saying,” she added. But the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) said the plan was a scheme to save money to implement the return-to-work formula they had signed to end the three weeks nationwide strike. They asked school heads not to submit any attendance list to county directors because they already signed a return-to-work deal that protected them from any form of victimisation. Knut national chairman Wilson Sossion and acting Secretary General Mudzo Nzili yesterday said the Jubilee government intends to save Sh6 billion to implement the commuter allowance by denying teachers the July pay.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 08:48:02 +0000
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