Teachers raise alarm over new deduction on payslips
Teachers raise alarm over new deduction on payslips
Teachers awaiting a pay rise under the long-awaited Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) were shocked to find that the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) had introduced a new deduction.
Their payslips reflected an unexplained deduction labelled ‘KUPPET SWAL’, which caused confusion and frustration. This appeared alongside standard union fees and sparked outrage among teachers, who felt blindsided.
The new deductions left teachers confused and perplexed, as they had never heard of them before. Teachers from the Nakuru branch of KUPPET spoke on Wednesday, 30 July and demanded an official explanation of the deduction and why they are being made to pay it.
The teachers are demanding transparency and immediate clarification from the union and the Teachers Service Commission (TSC).
“We’ve been awakened to a problem on the teachers’ payslips that yesterday, teachers were expecting to smile to the bank because of the CBA increment. Unfortunately, as we are talking right now, there is a new deduction called KUPPET SWAL on the payslips of teachers,” the teachers decried.
“We are classroom teachers; we have been affected by that unlawful deduction from the KUPPET SWAL. We are telling the national office that we want that deduction to be stopped with immediate effect and the teachers to be refunded their money,” the teachers continued.
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According to the teachers, the new deductions are affecting their lives and slimming their pay even further following other new deductions including the Housing levy and SHA.
The KUPPET member teachers also pay the standard union fee of 1.8 per cent of their basic pay.
The teachers are urging the National Executive Board to either explain the deduction or instruct the TSC to remove it immediately.
“Teachers are stressed, distressed, and unsettled. We’re crying. We can’t focus in class when our pay slips are bleeding,” the teachers decried.
The surprise deduction comes barely a week after the implementation of a new salary structure under the 2025-2026 CBA signed on July 19, but effective from July 1.
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET), and the Kenya Union of Special Needs Education Teachers (KUSNET) inked a four-year deal worth Ksh33 billion.
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