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Teachers protest withdrawal of medical allowance, fault performance contracts

Teachers Service Commission Chair Lydia Nzomo (left) and CEO Nancy Macharia

The Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) in Kisumu have protested against the Teachers Service Commission’s (TSC) move to withdraw their medical allowance.

The teachers led by branch chairman Zablon Awange, said they discovered from their online December salary slips that TSC has withdrawn Sh3,000 monthly medical allowance and forcefully registered them to the controversial Aon Minet insurance cover.

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