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"speaker_name": "Mwingi West, WDM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Charles Nguna",
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"content": "policy decisions; similarly, Article 232 of the Constitution sets out the values and principles of Public Service which bind all State organs; THAT, the values and principles adopted by the TSC provide for identification, selection, appointment, deployment and performance of institutional administrators; THAT, TSC and the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) signed the July 2017 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), which among other things provided for an agreement for remuneration payable to teachers as determined by the provisions of Articles 41, 237 and 230(4) of the Constitution of Kenya; THAT, before July 2017 CBA, there were about 1,000 classroom teachers, who were promoted to the then Job Group M, but after a successful competitive interview for senior graduate teachers. Some of these teachers were deployed to become head teachers from 2018 while others remained as senior teachers; THAT, despite their additional roles and qualifications, the deployed headteachers remained in the same Job Group C5 (formerly Job Group M) and their salaries and allowances did not change as per the requirement of the July 2017 CBA; THAT, their counterparts who went through the same interview and became head teachers before the July 2017 CBA are now in Job Group D1 and earning higher salaries and allowances; THAT, the two categories of teachers that have the same qualifications and same Job Group are performing the same roles and facing the same challenges yet they earn different salaries and allowances contrary to Section 5(1) of the Labour Relations Act, 2007; THAT, there exist discrepancies where some senior graduate teachers are head teachers yet others with the same qualification are still in Job Group C5 instead of Job Group D1. Additionally, their monthly salary and allowances difference is about Ksh25,000 at the lowest and Ksh36,000 at the highest; THAT, further, this group was neither factored in the recently advertised TSC promotions for 14,738 teachers, nor in the 12,634 teachers slated for promotion; THAT, due to the aforementioned concerns, the teachers feel discriminated and demoralised even as they continue to undertake their duties; THAT, teachers have made their best efforts to have their matter addressed and resolved but there were no satisfactory responses or action. The said efforts include individual teachers’ letters to TSC seeking fair remuneration and engagement with KNUT to intervene; THAT, the issues in respect of which this Petition is raised are not pending before any court of law, constitutional or legal body. Therefore, your humble Petitioner prays that the National Assembly, through the Public Petitions Committee– 1. Engages the TSC to review the salaries and allowances of the concerned deployed teachers and place them at par with their colleagues who are undergoing the same interview and became headteachers before July 2017 CBA. 2. Engage the TSC to pay the teachers arrears for the period between deployment as headteachers till now. 3. Make any other recommendation or actions it deems fit in addressing the plight of the petitioners. And your Petitioner will ever pray. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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