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Teachers suffer blow as unions sign deal without pay increase

Teachers Service Commission (TSC) CEO Nancy Macharia with The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Secretary General Collins Oyu during signing of the 2021 - 2025 Collective Bargaining Agreement with the Teachers Unions and TSC [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

Over 340,000 teachers suffered a major setback yesterday as unions walked from a day-long meeting with the employer empty-handed after signing a deal that does not provide for any salary increments.

Instead, the three teachers’ unions took up a deal that they had initially rejected during the first meeting with the Teachers Service Commission (TSC).

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