Last week, the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers announced the beginning of a campaign to press for change in the payment of house allowances by the Teachers Service Commission. The current policy, which has existed for decades, pegs teachers’ house allowances on their areas of service. Teachers in Nairobi earn more than double the house allowances of their counterparts. For instance, Nairobi teachers at Grade C2, equivalent to Job Group K, take home Sh16,500 in house allowances, while those in the rest of the country earn Sh7,500. At the very minimum, we want housing allowances harmonised based on job groups.

Source: The Star March 05, 2019 19:40 UTC