KNUT Criticizes Triple Pension Deduction on Teachers Payslips
The National Chairman of the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), Patrick Karinga Munuhe, has forcefully voiced his objection to a number of pension deductions that have been imposed on teachers.
Munuhe described the three different pension deductions that are now in place and criticised how they affect the teaching profession.
Munuhe claims that the provident fund, which has a 7.5% deduction rate, is the first sort of pension deduction. The second kind is an established standard deduction. The NNSSF (National Social Security Fund) is the third category, according to Munuhe. He called attention to a crucial problem with the disclosure of teachers’ pay stubs.
Loan Access Barrier
The paystubs we use are leaking. The National Chairman said.
Munuhe emphasised the wide-ranging effects of these inferences. He drew attention to a problematic component of the one-third rule, which prevents teachers from obtaining loans from different saccos since they are unable to reach the required threshold.
“Due to the one-third regulation, none of these teachers may apply for a loan in any of our saccos; we cannot reach that requirement. We have a significant issue. He continued by saying that the circumstance has created serious issues for the teaching profession.
According to Munuhe, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is to blame for these difficulties. He criticised the TSC for not being ready to handle any changes to teachers’ pay stubs.
We are holding the Teachers Service Commission accountable for this inappropriate behaviour. Anything done to our pay stubs could have made the teachers more prepared.
According to Munuhe, many of the problems could have been avoided if the TSC had properly foreseen these changes and informed instructors of them.
He continued by saying that the current predicament was the outcome of a 2023 projection that was later challenged in court. Despite this legal difficulty, the projection was finally put into action in 2013, which is what brought about the current situation.
KNUT Criticizes Triple Pension Deduction on Teachers Payslips
