TSC Explains Why Its experiencing Salary Delays
Teachers have yet to receive their May 2023 salary and allowances, according to public records.
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is behind schedule in paying its employees, particularly teachers, who typically receive their paychecks on the 28th of each month.
The Commission has yet to publish a public statement explaining why there has been a delay in paying teachers’ wages as well as meeting third-party commitments such as repaying bank loans and Sacco’s.
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The largest employer is TSC, followed by county governments. The largest teacher employer, on the other hand, has yet to pay its employees.
According to Commission sources, teachers should not be too comfortable receiving pay to salary each month, especially given the current status of government resources.
According to a TSC insider, the government is bankrupt and failing to satisfy its financial needs, which include paying its professors.
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Another insider, however, disputes this assertion, claiming that TSC is under pressure to pay all newly hired junior secondary school teachers this month.
He claims that all teachers must be included in this month’s payroll to ensure that no one goes without compensation again.
His remarks came about a month after the TSC issued a statement regarding the fate of 17,800 junior secondary school (JSS) teachers who were not paid for three months.
According to the Commission’s secretary, Nancy Macharia, the delayed payments were caused by teachers arriving at their work stations later than scheduled, causing problems with wage processing.
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“The procedure is that recruits are given 30 days to report to their various stations, which results in some starting work later than others,” TCS CEO Nancy Macharia explained.
“This sometimes causes delays in processing their salaries,” she noted. So far, the commission has processed more than half of the newly hired teachers’ wages.”
According to Ms Macharia, the payment delay could also be owing to the impacted employees’ failure to submit needed documentation on time.
Ezekiel Machogu, Cabinet Secretary for Education, has urged TSC to guarantee that teachers’ salaries are paid on time.
When he came before the National Assembly plenary for questioning by MPs, the CS expressed sadness that more than half of the teachers hired by the TSC had yet to be paid.
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Some of the teachers have not been paid since they came for duty in February.
“I’d like to apologize to our teachers for the payment delay.” We have been unable to pay some of them. When I spoke with the CEO of the Teachers Service Commission today, it was confirmed that nearly half of the newly hired teachers had been paid, and the other half, I’m gathering information from the feed so we can pay them. “I assure you that funds are available and that we will be able to pay promptly,” Machogu stated.
The CS was replying to a question from Nominated MP Sabina Chege on salary delays.
He explained that the delayed salaries were caused by the teachers’ differing reporting schedules to the schools where they were assigned.
Junior secondary school teachers arrived at their workstations in February, while others did so in March.
TSC Explains Why Its experiencing Salary Delays
