The public wage bill is 52% of the total taxes collected as opposed to a global average of 35% for middle income countries like Kenya. Our recurrent expenditure exceeds development expenditure, a bad recipe for progression.
Kenya’s teachers apparently are the 3rd highest paid in Africa after Morocco and SA, despite all the clamouring for higher pay.
MY TAKE: In a developing nation, teaching should be kinda like those selfless vocations like Priesthood or something. Nobody’s forcing you to be a teacher. Alternatively, you could always apply to work in a private school if u feel you deserve more. But more importantly, you do it coz it’s a calling and you have immense passion for it. The money should not be a determinant. Just enough to keep you comfortable, not trying to keep up with your childhood classmate who’s now driving a Range Rover.
This is what I been saying all along. If they have such good grades and want the glamorous jobs, why don’t they apply to medical, law or aviation courses? The usual retort is that not everyone can afford these courses. That tells you how much research people do when it comes to sponsoring, scholarships, loans, etc
Its always the easy way out then complaints later :mad:
This is a two faced approach at best. Teachers are not responsible for the huge wage bill, In fact they are the reason why it hasn’t gone higher than that. Teachers fought Moi I hope they don’t back down on this especially when an arm of the government has upheld their quest. I am waiting for Sossion’s speech it will set the stage and lets see where parliamentarians who are all too greedy will pitch their tent.
I’m not happy with my pay but that doesn’t give me permission to strike,watu watosheke na hio kidogo wanapata,inchi ni kubwa kuliko walimu even supporting that wage bill of 52 percent ni ngumu sana.
he has already said they won’t budge…but he added a rider that he cannot call off without the mandate of their national organ. the mpigs are cowards none will say a word; well, except the populist ones who nevertheless will not be telling us how many billions parliament will be surrendering or how many million should be cut from the budget for coffee research…
why are u abroad? lemme answer u switty coz u do know well tht chances in kenya even if u have that medical, law, aviation degrees uko bado jobless and offcos college fees 4 such courses are expe…many teachers didnt want to study 4 an education degree bt due to finances difficulties they had to- i was heart broken when the prezzo said lowest paid teacher earns 16K and he panuas his red eyes for the cameras,mayne…i make more than 16K in two days working as a nurse in europe. 10 hrs per day _ 10x 12euro per hour = 120 euro per day…x 5 days in a week = 600euro x 4wks = 2400 PM… after taxation = 2000Euro…karii kii
student loans in kenya are nowhere near the disaster that is student loans in developed countries! [insert long paragraph here] that translates into more options.
we have a mentality we stuck to that shoulda been dropped in the 80s. Traditionally “respected” professions aren’t what they used to be no more. If you decide to be a teacher today, I hope you know its charity work you’re venturing into. Not that you shouldn’t advocate for higher pay, you just need to know that it isn’t gonna be the same as being an engineer. On the real, if you want 100,000/- monthly after taxes, walk away from that dusty teacher’s training college you lookin’ at.
Here’s the thing though, ya’ll been bisching about this since time immemorial and “supporting” teachers, the police-force and other lowly paid civil servants. You have done nothing for them except complain. How is your reasoning any better or beneficial for them?
If I see someone doing something detrimental to them and keep “encouraging” and “supporting” them for 30 - 40 years, how am I of any help? Wouldn’t it be better for me to come clean and tell this person to stop their current course of action and consider different options?
I just said that your reasoning is flawed, along the lines of “If they don’t have bread, let them eat cake”. Now rebut that, instead of coming up with long, winded paragraphs
My take is that it is the government that is handling the situation in the wrong manner. They have all options open to them and I am sure the teachers are willing to listen.
It is the wanton waste by this government that is fanning this strike!