Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has called on the national assembly to repeal the law on teachers' pensions so that teachers can be paid pensions by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC).
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00:00 My name is James Mwundiku, the National Treasurer for Kenya National Union of Teachers.
00:08 ECD teachers should be employed by teachers service commission.
00:14 And indeed, all teachers ought to have one employer.
00:18 And ECD teachers should not be treated like a babysitter.
00:24 This is a teacher who teaches, who has been trained in the art of teaching.
00:28 And this teacher ought to benefit from being employed by the teacher's employer.
00:34 So we are welcoming that move by the Presidential Party on Education
00:40 so that teachers get back home. Their home is in TSE.
00:46 Teachers have resolved that we should talk to Parliament
00:53 so that the law on pension is repealed.
00:57 So that teachers are paid pension by their employer, the teacher's service commission.
01:04 Because nowadays, after teachers retire, they suffer a lot.
01:09 So we want teachers to be paid by the employer they know from the beginning.
01:15 Teachers do not know those other bodies. They know teachers service commission.
01:21 So we want teachers service commission to be allowed through the law
01:27 to be keeping the teacher's pension and be paying the teacher's pension.
01:31 So we are calling upon our MPs to see to it that that law is repealed.
01:38 Once it is repealed in Parliament, then it will be home and dry.
01:44 There are those teachers who have been employed on intern terms.
01:48 We want to take this opportunity to thank the government
01:51 because of trying to solve the teacher shortage problem.
01:55 We want to thank you and say that we really appreciate you, President.
02:00 What we are telling TSE is teachers who are interns should serve for at least
02:09 a period of time like six months.
02:12 And then they are converted directly into permanent and pensionable
02:17 without even going for further interviews.
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