TSC Teachers Lose The Following Key Allowances
TSC Teachers Lose The Following Key Allowances
TSC Teachers Lose The Following Key Allowances
Due to budget cuts, TSC teachers lose important allowances after the Salaries and Remuneration Commission’s (SRC) guideline for determining allowances in the public sector was published.
The Daily Subsistence Allowance (DSA) for teachers is expected to be drastically cut.
On August 7, 2023, the SRC’s most recent advice, which harmonized the DSA rates for local travel, came into force.
Teachers and other public employees around the country will be paid at these rates. This is distinct from the previous method, which split the allowances into three primary categories.
Affected cohorts If the whole proposal made by the country’s pay regulator is adopted The daily subsistence allowance (DSA) for local travel will now range from Ksh4, 200 to Ksh18, 200 in all of the country’s cities and towns.
According to the guidance, an officer’s discretionary spending allowance (DSA) for local travel will not be granted for destinations that are less than 50 kilometers from their duty station.
Teachers’ job requirements force them to travel, while TSC field officers’ needs are even more stringent. which are made up of Counties’ and Subcounties’ Local Directors.
They are the ones that will be most negatively impacted by this. The action’s objectives, according to a circular from the commission’s chair, Lyn Mengich, are to ensure transparency and fairness in the allowance management system and to advise the government on how to handle the pay bill.
Mengich added that the purpose of the law is to give the government guidelines on how to manage the wage bill.
“The review and advice therefrom is expected to result in equity and transparency in the management of allowances, and guide the government in the management of the wage bill,” Mengich wrote in an advisory to the Attorney General, Controller of Budget, Auditor General, and other government authorities.
Mengich continued, “It is anticipated that the review and recommendations therefrom will lead to equity and transparency in the management of allowances.” “DSA will not be provided for locations that are within a 50-kilometer radius of the impacted officers’ respective duty stations,” the statement stated. within the circular.
“Locations within a 50 km radius of respective duty stations are not eligible for DSA.” At the beginning, cluster one’s local travel DSA varied from Ksh4,200 to Ksh22,000, encompassing the following cities: Nairobi Mombasa Kisumu Nakuru County headquarters was included in cluster two.
In Malindi and Naivasha, the local travel DSA ranged from Ksh 3,500 to Ksh 18,00. The Daily Subsistence Allowance (DSA) for cluster three, which comprised all other towns, varied from Ksh3,000 to Ksh14,000 for local travel.
Encouraging official assignments for public servants away from their duty stations—whether they are located locally or overseas—has always been the aim of DSA payments.
Teacher allowances come in two varieties: compensatory and reimbursable. Remunerative allowances are paid on top of salaries, as opposed to reimbursable allowances, which are reimbursed upon request.
Two types of compensatory allowances exist:
automated and encompassing commuting, home, medical, and hardship coverage;
Conversely, discretionary leaves out every one of these groups.
The quote per diem
This is a daily payment for subsistence that officially assigned teachers receive. and are paid upon application; in order to be eligible, one must submit an application at least 14 days before the planned departure.
Others include: special education institutions; interpreters and readers; accountability; special duty reimbursement; When an application is submitted, these are paid for.
