National examinations agency to pay staff starting today

Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) Secretary General Akello Misori (right) address a press conference alongside Chairman Omboko Milemba(centre) and Deputy Secretary General Moses Nthurima on May 04 2016 where they threatened to storm KNEC offices over o-payment of 2015 dues. PHOTO DAVID NJAAGA/STANDARD}

About 200,000 staff hired by the Kenya National Examination Council (Knec) to administer last year’s tests will be paid starting today.

The Knec board met yesterday and approved a list of names to be paid, ending the long wait for the Sh1.2 billion payout. Sources at the board told The Standard that the payment of the contract fees was delayed because of verification. “The verification process took so long and it was important that we knew who we are paying the money to. It was for a good cause,” said a member of the board.

The swift move to settle the contractual agreements with the hired staff came as the two teachers unions mounted pressure on the Government to release the cash