Kenya’s Education Ministry moans Sh50 billion hole in budget as teachers gear for pay talks

Education PS Bellio Kipsang

NAIROBI: Teachers will not be promoted or have their salaries reviewed this financial year due to a Sh10.9 billion deficit at the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), it has emerged.

And this is just one of the programmes that could be halted as the Ministry of Education copes with a Sh50 billion deficit.