Housing Levy Received With Criticism By KNUT Officials and other Unions
Members of the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Laikipia group have joined their fellow teachers in opposing the government’s plan to tax 3% of workers’ monthly salaries as a “housing levy” to pay for a housing project.
Before putting the tax in place, the union members have asked the government to review the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) for 2021–2025 so that wages can go up.
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Francis Itegi, the chair of the branch Knut, said that teachers are having a hard time financially because their company hasn’t raised their pay in seven years.
Itegi, who was with branch executive secretary Jack Thangei, branch Knut women Rep, and other union officials when he spoke in Nyahururu town, said that their members would not be against the fee if their pay went up.
Thangei, on the other hand, said that the Public Service Superannuation Scheme deductions were already hard on teachers and that the Housing Fund Levy would make their pay even worse.
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At the same time, the unionists asked the government to think about promoting teachers who had stayed in the same job group even though they had more schooling.
The government is trying to get all workers to give 3% of their salaries to the planned KES 3.6 billion National Housing Development Fund. The money would be used to build homes.
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Since then, workers have been up in arms about the planned tax.
Housing Levy Received With Criticism By KNUT Officials and other Unions
