TSC Denies Claims It Will Not Pay 100k Teachers in July
TSC Denies Claims It Will Not Pay 100k Teachers in July
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has vehemently denied claims made on social media that 100,000 teachers won’t get paid in July because the Finance Bill didn’t pass.
TSC wa respondig online suggesting that its CEO, Nancy Macharia, had warned of dire consequences if the Finance Bill 2024 was not passed, including the withholding of salaries for teachers.
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The forged materials erroneously stated, along with specific application requirements and qualifications, that the TSC was looking to hire over 60,000 teachers for primary and secondary schools.
These documents were formatted like actual TSC announcements and were intended to have an official appearance, complete with the TSC logo.
Although the Finance Bill 2024 has been withdrawn, the government will continue to fund essential services as required by the constitution.
President William Ruto signed the Appropriation Bill 2024, which authorised the issuance of a sum of money out of the Consolidated Fund and its application towards the service of the year ending on June 14, 2025, and to appropriate that sum and a sum voted on account by the National Assembly for certain public services and purposes.
The Teachers Service Commission programs’ existing expenses were authorized to be funded in the year ending June 30, 2025, by the Appropriations Bill 2024.
TSC is slated to receive KSh 357.115 billion for the provision of standard general administration, support services, governance, and human resource management, as per the Appropriations Bill 2024.
TSC wants to reassure all of its workers that their pay and benefits are safe and unaffected by the legal proceedings surrounding the Finance Bill 2024, in light of the fake news warning that was sent out.
In other news, Ruto stated that, due to the lack of additional funds that were expected from the revenues generated by the rejected Bill, the government will have to forgo confirming JSS teachers as intended.
The head of state asserted that rejecting the Finance Bill 2024 was a challenging decision for him due to his awareness of the potential consequences for the country.
