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| Teachers outside the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Offices in Mombasa on September 3, 2015. They vowed not to teach until the government implement the pay rise ordered by the High Court. |
The Ministry of Education has warned of severe budgetary implications if teachers are granted the Sh17 billion pay rise.
In a statement released on Saturday, the ministry said paying teachers 50-60 per cent salary increment will lead to an increase in taxes, additional borrowing and force the government to slash its expenditure.
According to the ministry, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) budget in the current financial year did not factor in the pay rise and any increase “will sharply raise the price of basic commodities pushing up the cost of living”.
On Wednesday, the secretary-general of the Kenya National Union of Teachers Mr Wilson Sossion announced that teachers would down their tools till the government effects the pay rise as ordered in June by the Employment and Labour Relations Court.
--Dailynation
