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September 13, 2025
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Ruto directs TSC, MoE to shorten teachers’ CBA review timeline

NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 13 - President William Ruto has accepted a request by teachers that the period it takes to review their salaries be reduced from the Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today |..
✨ Key Highlights
President William Ruto has accepted teachers' request to shorten the review period for their Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) from four years to a shorter, yet-to-be-determined duration. He also announced improved medical cover and housing allocations for teachers.
- The Teachers Service Commission (TSC), the Ministry of Education, and teacher unions will determine the appropriate new CBA review timeline.
- President Ruto directed that 20 percent of affordable housing units be reserved for teachers, who contribute KSh900 million monthly to the housing fund.
- The government plans to recruit an additional 24,000 teachers in January, bringing the total new hires to 100,000 in three years.
- Funds for teacher promotions will increase from KSh1 billion to KSh2 billion, doubling annual promotions from 25,000 to 50,000.
- A new policy, "first out of college, first in on employment," will guide teacher recruitment, with a directive to identify and consider 45-year-old unemployed trained teachers.
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